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Phil Scott
stated on October 25, 2019 Statement responding to Energizer's plans to close a factory in Bennington.:

"This decision is an unfortunate example of why those of us in Montpelier need to work together to make Vermont a more affordable place to do business and make sure our policies help businesses thrive rather than creating unique burdens and barriers to growth that make us less competitive with other states."

By Xander Landen • October 31, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on October 15, 2019 a debate:

"Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained them."

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2019 remarks at the White House:

"Yesterday we had the strongest dollar in the history of our country."

By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on August 12, 2019 a CNN interview:

It "is estimated that as many as 300,000 auto workers may be out of a job before the end of the year."

By Chris Nichols • August 21, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 10, 2019 an op-ed in the Washington Post:

"42 percent of (Walmart’s) associates are black."

By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2019

Mike Murphy
stated on May 22, 2019 remarks during a press conference:

Says when New York "implemented a program" to tax the wealthy at higher rates it saw a revenue shortfall "because of the outward migration of their top earners."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 30, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on May 9, 2019 remarks at the White House:

Tariffs are "paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us."

By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2019

Terry Gou
stated on May 1, 2019 a press conference:

"We suspended the (Foxconn) work around October, November last year because the weather there was snowy and icy cold."

By Eric Litke • May 2, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall:

"The majority of women are minimum wage workers."

By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2019

Phil Scott
stated on January 24, 2019 his budget address in the Statehouse.:

"Every county, including Chittenden, has fewer people available for work."

By Colin Meyn, Felippe Rodrigues • January 26, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 2, 2019 a tweet:

"Mexico is paying for the Wall through the new USMCA Trade Deal."

By Miriam Valverde • January 4, 2019

Scott Wagner
stated on October 11, 2018 Campaign email:

"Our unemployment rate is 20 percent higher than the national average."

By Colin Deppen • October 18, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2018 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:

Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost millions of jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2018

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on August 14, 2018 a White House press briefing:

"President Trump in his first year and a half has already tripled what President Obama did (for African-American employment) in eight years."

By Louis Jacobson • August 15, 2018

Kelda Helen Roys
stated on April 18, 2018 a tweet and campaign event:

Wisconsin lost "almost 4,000 manufacturing jobs in 2017."

By Taylor Palmby • July 23, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2018 a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.:

"Watch those GDP numbers. We started off at a very low number, and right now we hit a 3.2 (percent). Nobody thought that was possible."

By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2018 a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.:

"The European Union … they send us Mercedes, they send us -- by the millions -- the BMWs -- cars by the millions."

By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2018

Steve Adler
stated on May 8, 2018 an interview on KLBJ-AM:

Says Austin is "creating more jobs than any other city in the country."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 16, 2018

Brian Kolb
stated on March 31, 2018 a statement on the state budget:

This year’s state budget "continues to direct millions in taxpayer dollars in advertising to the failing Start-Up NY program"

By Dan Clark • April 9, 2018

Leah Vukmir
stated on January 25, 2018 an article :

Says Sen. Tammy Baldwin "claims to support a 'Buy America' philosophy, but her actions speak louder than her empty words."

By D.L. Davis • March 12, 2018

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