Fact Check Posts – Page 5

Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
stated on July 8, 2015 a Facebook post

Says "Scott Walker’s bad budget includes: No weekend for workers."

By Sarah Hauer • July 21, 2015

American Bridge 21st Century
stated on July 1, 2015 a website posting

Wisconsin’s economy has "tanked" under Gov. Scott Walker and "so far in 2015 over 6,685 people have been laid off, already more than in all of 2014."

By James B. Nelson • July 10, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 his presidential announcement speech

"Our real unemployment is anywhere from 18 to 20 percent. Don't believe the 5.6. Don't believe it."

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 18, 2015 an appearance in Mason City, Iowa

Hedge fund managers "pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers."

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2015

David Simas
stated on March 18, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day"

Job growth in the United States is now at the "fastest pace in this country's history."

By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015

Nicholas Mattiello
stated on January 18, 2015 an interview on "10 News Conference"

"There haven't been tax cuts for the rich" in Rhode Island.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2015

Terry Jeffrey
stated on January 21, 2015 a column in TownHall.com

There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.

By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2015

John Cornyn
stated on January 20, 2015 a post on his U.S. Senate website

The Texas leg of the Keystone pipeline "has already created 4,800 jobs in just the year it's been up and running."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 23, 2015

Mitch McConnell
stated on January 7, 2015 a Senate floor speech

A recent economic uptick appears to "coincide" with "the expectation of a new Republican Congress."

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2015

Enough Already Wisconsin, Inc.
stated on November 8, 2014 a tweet

The majority of revenue generated by a proposed Kenosha casino would be sent to the Seminole tribe in Florida.

By James B. Nelson • November 20, 2014

Russ Girling
stated on November 16, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

The State Department says the 42,000 jobs created by the Keystone XL pipeline are "ongoing, enduring jobs."

By Katie Sanders • November 16, 2014

Bob Seger
stated on October 12, 2014 an interview

The proposed mine in northern Wisconsin would be built without any government oversight, and will be nine miles long.

By James B. Nelson • November 10, 2014

Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 a television commercial

Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 a gubernatorial debate in Davie

Says Charlie Crist "voted against minimum wage when he was in the Senate."

By Joshua Gillin • October 16, 2014

Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV ad

Says Charlie Crist "is embroiled in a fraud case for steering taxpayer money to a de facto Ponzi scheme."

By Amy Sherman • October 13, 2014

Michelle Obama
stated on October 7, 2014 a speech

"The unemployment rate for young people is down from a 10.6 percent high in 2009 to 2.6 percent today."

October 12, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on October 8, 2014 a campaign TV ad

"In the last year, Wisconsin ranked third in Midwest job growth."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 9, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on September 29, 2014 a radio interview

Job creation has gotten worse each year that Scott Walker has been governor.

By James B. Nelson • October 8, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on September 23, 2014 a television ad

New jobs numbers are in, and Wisconsin has "fallen to dead last in Midwest job growth."

By James B. Nelson • October 3, 2014

Republican Governors Association
stated on September 23, 2014 a campaign TV ad

Mary "Burke’s record: 130,000 fewer jobs."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 3, 2014

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