Fact Check Posts – Page 6

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

Lou Dobbs
stated on August 19, 2014 comments on Fox News' "America's Newsroom":

Because of President Barack Obama’s failure to "push job creation," the black unemployment rate in Ferguson, Mo., is three times higher than the white unemployment rate.

By Derek Tsang • August 21, 2014

Moms Rising
stated on August 5, 2014 a tweet:

"Having a baby is a leading cause of poverty spells in the United States."

By Jon Greenberg • August 12, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on July 9, 2014 a news release:

Says a $12.5 million incentive deal she approved for Abbott Laboratories contained "strong protections for taxpayers if job creation goals were not met."

By Dave Umhoefer • August 3, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2014 a campaign TV ad:

Mary Burke "wasted 12.5 million dollars on a vacant lot" in a move that "could cost taxpayers nearly $25 million."

By Dave Umhoefer • July 31, 2014

Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview:

Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2014

Rob Astorino
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview on "Fox & Friends":

The state of New York is the "worst in the nation in economic recovery."

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview on PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show":

The number of jobs created and people lifted out of poverty during Bill Clinton’s presidency was "a hundred times" what it was under President Ronald Reagan.

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014

Monica Wehby
stated on July 9, 2014 an economic issues statement:

The 2011 Rebuild America Jobs Act "would have cost the average American family $1,000 a year while making no significant impact to fix our infrastructure and roads."

By Dana Tims • July 11, 2014

Jeff Merkley
stated on July 9, 2014 an economic issues statement:

"I co-sponsored the Rebuild America Jobs Act" for transportation and infrastructure.

By Dana Tims • July 11, 2014

Joe Zepecki
stated on June 23, 2014 an interview:

The Wisconsin unemployment rate was higher than the U.S. rate during only three months when Mary Burke was state commerce secretary.

By Tom Kertscher • July 6, 2014

John Boehner
stated on June 25, 2014 an op-ed for "USA Today":

"The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs."

By Steve Contorno • June 26, 2014

Chain email
stated on June 5, 2014 emails circulating on the Internet:

Due to actions by President Barack Obama, "the Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases."

By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2014

John Boehner
stated on June 2, 2014 a post on his website:

New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year."

By Steve Contorno • June 2, 2014

Brett Hulsey
stated on April 30, 2014 a news release:

Says Gov. Scott Walker "has made Wisconsin 2nd in the nation in losing jobs."

By James B. Nelson • June 2, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2014 a meme on social media:

"For every one job created under the Obama administration, 75 people went on food stamps."

By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2014

Jim Francesconi
stated on April 15, 2014 a campaign website statement:

"Economic inequality in Multnomah County has a face -- and a name. It has 90,000 faces and names -- the number of county residents who are still unemployed, or underemployed, in the wake of the 2008 Wall Street crash."

By Dana Tims • May 16, 2014

Miami Seaport Alliance
stated on April 24, 2014 a "Miami Herald" newspaper ad:

David Beckham’s proposed soccer stadium at Miami’s Port "threatens the 207,000 jobs and $27 billion economic impact tied to the cargo and cruise industries."

By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2014

Mike Tate
stated on April 18, 2014 an interview:

Welcome to Wisconsin road signs have "always been made in Wisconsin," but Scott Walker "is outsourcing them" to an out-of-state company and "paying more money for them."

By Tom Kertscher • April 30, 2014

Senate Majority PAC
stated on March 13, 2014 a campaign ad:

Says the Koch brothers want to "protect tax cuts for companies that ship our jobs overseas."

By Steve Contorno • April 11, 2014

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