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Andy Gronik
stated on August 27, 2017 an email:

"Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make."

Half-True

By Eric Litke • October 4, 2017

Feministing
stated on June 21, 2017 a web post:

"Missouri Votes to Let Employers Fire People Who Use Birth Control."

Pants on Fire!

By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • September 27, 2017

Kathleen Vinehout
stated on August 6, 2017 a TV interview:

Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin is "still 16,000 manufacturing jobs lower than we were during the recession."

Mostly True

By Alan Hovorka • August 30, 2017

Alex Castellanos
stated on August 20, 2017 comments on ABC's 'This Week':

"(For) white working-class America, death rates among white men are up 20 percent."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • August 20, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2017 a question-and-answer session with reporters:

Wages "haven’t gone up for a long time."

False

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2017

Ivanka Trump
stated on June 12, 2017 an interview on "Fox & Friends":

"There are currently 6 million jobs available in this country that are due in part to the skills gap."

True

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2017

Ivanka Trump
stated on May 2, 2017 her book "Women Who Work":

"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech:

"We’ve lost 70,000 factories since China joined the World Trade Organization."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • April 19, 2017

Eric Greitens
stated on February 8, 2017 a television interview:

"Over the past 25 years, job growth in right-to-work states has been twice as high as in non-right-to-work states. ... The facts are just so clear that this is going to lead to more jobs and higher pay for the people of Missouri."

Half-True

By Allison Colburn • April 6, 2017

Bloggers
stated on March 9, 2015 a post shared on Facebook:

Government orders South African firm "to lay off 3,389 white employees."

False

By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2017

Social Media
stated on March 6, 2017 social media posts:

"It's important to pay attention to the Russian spy drama, but let's not ignore the fact that the following (10) bills have been introduced" in the House.

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2017

Thomas Perez
stated on February 26, 2017 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says "Donald Trump wants to eliminate overtime pay for people."

Mostly False

By Allison Graves • February 26, 2017

Bob Corker
stated on February 15, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Today, 27 million people .. are enslaved."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2017

John Patrick
stated on January 12, 2017 a Texas Capitol press conference:

"If you have a family, the current minimum wage easily qualifies you for food stamps."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • February 11, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on January 23, 2017 the daily press briefing:

There has been a "dramatic expansion of the federal workforce in recent years."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2017

Bernie Sanders
stated on December 12, 2016 an interview:

Fifty percent of workers ages 55 to 64 have "zero" money "in the bank as they enter retirement."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • December 21, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on December 2, 2016 a radio interview.:

"We adopted the modern Social Security system at a time when the average person died before they were old enough to get Social Security."

True

By Warren Fiske • December 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2016 a rally in Atkinson, N.H.:

"Nearly one in four people in their prime working years are not working."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2016

Eric Greitens
stated on September 30, 2016 a press release:

Says Chris Koster "opposes right-to-work efforts because he has taken $8 million from ‘union bosses.’"

Half-True

By Erika Stark • November 3, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on October 31, 2016 remarks in Cocoa Beach, Fla.:

"One in five American households have nobody under the same roof that's got a job."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2016

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