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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 23, 2015 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
October 28, 2014
Republican State Leadership Committee
Republican State Leadership Committee
stated on October 9, 2014 a radio ad
"95 percent of job creators say Wisconsin is headed in the right direction."
Half-True
October 24, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 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 a gubernatorial debate in Miramar
"832,000 people lost their job while (Charlie Crist was) governor."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 10, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on September 29, 2014 a debate in Austin
Dan Patrick said that if women "get paid less than a man for the same job, that that’s not a problem."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Charlie Crist "voted against raising the minimum wage."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 17, 2014
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