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Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on February 7, 2019 a congressional hearing
"In 2017, the CEO of McDonalds got paid $21.8 million. The median pay for a McDonald's worker that year was $7,000. This is a moral outrage. We need a $15 minimum wage so that no one is paid a poverty wage."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 12, 2019
Phil Scott
Phil Scott
stated on January 24, 2019 his budget address in the Statehouse.
"Every county, including Chittenden, has fewer people available for work."
False
By Colin Meyn, Felippe Rodrigues • January 26, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on December 17, 2018 a speech
New York has passed "the best paid family leave" program in the United States of America.
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 7, 2019
Kanye West
Kanye West
stated on October 11, 2018 remarks at the White House
In Wisconsin, Foxconn has "4,000 jobs, people making $53,000 a year."  
Half-True
October 12, 2018
Ann Wagner
Ann Wagner
stated on August 27, 2018 a tweet
"Since passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Walmart 'increased their starting wage to $11/hr & has given about $400 million in bonuses.'"
True
By Hannah Archambault, Matthew Hall • October 5, 2018
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on September 25, 2018 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on August 21, 2018 a Donald Trump rally in Charleston, W.Va.
Says Joe Manchin "strongly supported and voted for Hillary Clinton after she said, ‘We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of work.’"
Mostly True
By Kristen Mohammadi • September 13, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 31, 2018 a TV ad
"New reports show Kevin Nicholson made over $1 million advising companies that shut down Wisconsin plants and laid off 1,900 people."  
Mostly False
August 7, 2018
Matt Flynn
Matt Flynn
stated on April 12, 2018 a TV interview
Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud."
Mostly False
By Ahmed Elbenni • July 31, 2018
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on March 14, 2018 an interview
"Our campaign staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics."
Mostly True
April 25, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 8, 2018 remarks before a Cabinet meeting
"When I was campaigning, I was talking about 18 and 20 years (when) wages effectively went down. Now, for the first time in a long time, they're starting to go up for people."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2018
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on January 17, 2018 a tweet
"When @ScottWalker told firefighters we didn’t need to worry about Act 10, we said hell no, we stand with working Wisconsinites everywhere."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 7, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on February 21, 2018 a tweet
"The impending work stoppage is unlawful."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 his State of the Union address
"After years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the State of the Union speech
"Since we passed tax cuts, over 3 million workers have gotten tax cut bonuses — many of them thousands and thousands of dollars."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2018
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on December 27, 2017 an interview
"Come February (2018), Americans will see their paychecks grow at the tune of saving $1,000 or more a year."  
Half-True
January 10, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 8, 2017 a statement released by her office
"Even with full control of the House, Senate and White House, Republicans have still failed to deliver on their promise of higher wages for working families."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2017
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin has "the fastest-shrinking middle class in the country."  
Mostly False
By Kevin Crowe • November 29, 2017
Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on October 31, 2017 an email blast
"Earlier this year, Dan Patrick and Republican leadership snatched millions of dollars in benefits from retired teachers."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on August 27, 2017 an email
"Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • October 4, 2017
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