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Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 7, 2011 a television commercial
Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone."
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • July 13, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2011 a press conference
"As we've seen that federal support for states diminish, you've seen the biggest job losses in the public sector -- teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 12, 2011
Steve Oroho
Steve Oroho
stated on June 29, 2011 a press release from Sen. Steve Oroho (R-Sussex)
Because of Democratic tax hikes, New Jersey ended a decade with fewer private sector jobs for the first time in recorded history.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 12, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on July 11, 2011 a "New York Times" column
"There are actually half a million fewer government employees now than there were when (President Barack) Obama took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2011
Eddie Rodriguez
Eddie Rodriguez
stated on June 22, 2011 remarks to the Central Texas Democratic Forum
"We’re losing almost 6,000 state jobs."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 9, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter Town Hall
Says that when President Bill Clinton raised the top tax rates to levels now proposed by Obama, the country experienced significant job growth.
Half-True
July 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall
"Young veterans have a higher unemployment rate than people who didn’t serve."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on June 25, 2011 an op-ed.
"Under Gov. Rick Perry’s leadership [Texas] has created more jobs over the last decade than the rest of the states combined."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • July 6, 2011
Rod Smith
Rod Smith
stated on June 28, 2011 an e-mail to supporters
"Rick Scott has destroyed over 100,000 jobs."
False
By Becky Bowers • July 1, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2011 comments at a bill signing
"In May we generated more jobs than all the rest of the country combined: 28,000 jobs in May for the state, 54,000 for the entire country."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • July 1, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 17, 2011 a statement
"Since I took office, we’ve created 76,800 jobs."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • July 1, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on June 22, 2011 an online chat with the "Washington Post"
"Hispanic unemployment has been ticking down from an all-time high of 13.9 percent because of the policies we’ve implemented."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 14, 2011 a cameo interview.
"Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2011
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on June 19, 2011 a CNN interview
When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states in job creation.  
Half-True
June 22, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 a debate
"The right-to-work states are creating a lot more jobs today than the heavily unionized states."
True
By Eric Stirgus • June 21, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on June 14, 2011 a speech.
"The tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the United States, second worst in the entire world."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • June 18, 2011
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on April 19, 2011 a press release
"Creating 25 jobs in Umatilla County has the same impact as 500 jobs in the metro region."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 17, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 16, 2011 an appearance at a Tampa coffee shop
"This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on June 8, 2011 a press statement
"Earlier this year, the head of the Congressional Budget Office testified before Congress that implementation of Obamacare would cost 800,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 14, 2011
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