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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2015 in a speech in New Hampshire:
"Nationally, the unemployment rate for veterans is far greater than the national unemployment rate," and Wisconsin is "one of those rare examples where unemployment is actually lower for veterans than it is for the population as a whole and certainly lower than it is nationally." 
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • June 23, 2015
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on May 7, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Due to "over-incarceration … in 1950, two out of three young black men were in the workforce. Today, it's one out of three black men are in the workforce."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 23, 2015 in a speech at the Women in the World conference:
"The United States is 65th out of 142 nations and other territories on equal pay."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2015
Anonymous cyber-squatter
Anonymous cyber-squatter
stated on May 4, 2015 in a website:
After laying off 30,000 people, Carly Fiorina said that in retrospect, "I would have done them all faster."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2015
City of Atlanta
City of Atlanta
stated on August 8, 2014 in press release:
Tyler Perry’s plan to turn a majority of the former Fort McPherson into a film and television studio is expected "to add over 8,000 new jobs to Atlanta."
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • May 1, 2015
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on April 17, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show":
"America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on March 31, 2015 in a meme on social media:
Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on March 29, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on February 24, 2015 in a press release:
President Barack Obama's veto of the Keystone XL pipeline killed "42,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • March 2, 2015
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 25, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":
The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2015
Andy Puzder
Andy Puzder
stated on January 13, 2015 in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal:
"Obamacare has caused millions of full-time jobs to become part-time."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2015
John Thune
John Thune
stated on January 4, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Says President Barack Obama's own administration has done five environmental impact assessments of the Keystone XL pipeline, "all of which have said it would have a minimum impact on the environment."    
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 4, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 in a press conference after the G20 summit:
"Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 9, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"We've created more jobs in the United States than every other advanced economy combined since I came into office."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 9, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas."
Half-True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 31, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 28, 2014 in a speech:
"The nation as a whole has created jobs at a rate that is two times the rate that we have created jobs here in Wisconsin under Gov. Walker."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 30, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech:
Says Scott Walker "gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2014
Republican State Leadership Committee
Republican State Leadership Committee
stated on October 9, 2014 in a radio ad:
"95 percent of job creators say Wisconsin is headed in the right direction."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate:
"The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate in Miramar:
"832,000 people lost their job while (Charlie Crist was) governor."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 10, 2014
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