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Donald Trump
stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Sarah Palin:

"We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed."

By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2015

Israel O'Quinn
stated on August 10, 2015 in a speech.:

On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent."

By Warren Fiske • August 17, 2015

Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
stated on July 8, 2015 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a speech:

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

By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on October 8, 2014 in 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 in a radio interview:

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

By James B. Nelson • October 8, 2014

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