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Tom Steyer
Tom Steyer
stated on October 15, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate:
"People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 16, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2019 a speech:
"For the first time in history, most new hires of prime working age are minorities and women."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2019
Tom Reed
Tom Reed
stated on August 20, 2019 a Tweet:
After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment."
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on July 22, 2019 a post on Medium:
"The country is now in a manufacturing recession."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 26, 2019
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on May 1, 2019 a speech:
Says states with graduated income taxes "create jobs and grow their economies faster" than Illinois.
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 19, 2019
Cheri Toalson Reisch
Cheri Toalson Reisch
stated on April 1, 2019 in the state House during discussion of a criminal justice bill:
"We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers."
Half-True
By Olivia Garrett • April 30, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 17, 2019 a podcast:
"It's clear in our country right now, almost half of American families are a $400 unexpected expense away from complete upheaval."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • April 19, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 1, 2019 a podcast interview:
"Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2019
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on February 6, 2019 a tweet:
"We have more women in the workforce than ever before."
Half-True
By Samantha Patrick • March 27, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 12, 2019 a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 20, 2019
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on March 8, 2019 a tweet:
"Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 26, 2019 a tweet:
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2019
Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde
stated on December 9, 2018 an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation:
"In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 12, 2018
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on October 1, 2018 a legislative report mailer:
"The small cell bill is expected to create more than 20,000 jobs and attract $2 billion in capital investment, resulting in nearly $4 billion in economic growth over the next few years."
Half-True
By Ryan Hanrahan • December 5, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 25, 2018 a debate:
Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town."
Half-True
By Titus Wu • November 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2018 a speech:
"All across Ohio, steel mills are reopening."
Half-True
By Kyra Haas • October 24, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 30, 2018 in an interview:
Says Florida's economy "is largely propped up on low-wage work."
Half-True
By Kyra Haas • October 15, 2018
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on September 12, 2018 a Facebook post:
"Most Americans don’t own stocks."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2018
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on June 4, 2018 a Senate floor speech:
"The bottom line is clear: Under the policies of this unified Republican government, American workers, families, and business owners are achieving economic growth that is unmatched in recent memory. … More than 1 million new jobs have been created just since we passed tax reform last December."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2018 a press conference:
"The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2018
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