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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 10, 2012 an interview with The Plain Dealer:
Says Ohio has 77 job training programs spread across 13 state agencies.
True
By Reginald Fields • January 27, 2012
No Casinos
No Casinos
stated on January 19, 2012 a television ad:
Nevada is No. 1 in unemployment, violent crime, car theft, divorce, robberies and foreclosures.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2012
Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels
stated on January 24, 2012 a Republican response to the State of the Union address:
"Nearly half of all persons under 30 did not go to work today."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address:
"In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs. Last year, they created the most jobs since 2005."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address:
"(After the auto bailout) General Motors is back on top as the world’s No. 1 automaker."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 25, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa:
"The median income in this country has declined 10 percent in the last four years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla.:
Florida's economy "became a bad economy ... because of a huge spike in oil prices in the summer of 2008."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • January 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa:
"We have 25 million Americans out of work."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 18, 2012 a news release:
"More than one in five of veterans aged 20 to 24 can’t find a job to support their family or to ease the transition to civilian life."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 23, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on December 15, 2011 a news release:
"The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
True
By Peter Krouse • January 19, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 16, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:
"More people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 16, 2012 a tweet:
"More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 17, 2012
Ellyn Bogdanoff
Ellyn Bogdanoff
stated on January 9, 2012 a hearing in Tallahassee:
Tampa is "the strip club capital of the world."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders • January 13, 2012
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on December 15, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives:
"More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • January 12, 2012
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 9, 2012 comments to reporters in Concord, N.H.:
"What’s clear is (Romney) likes firing people."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 State of the State address:
Says the state tax burden per citizen in New York is twice as high as in Florida.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 11, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 his State of the State address:
"In the past year, Floridians, not government, created almost 135,000 new private sector jobs. We netted more than 120,000 total jobs in the first 11 months of 2011; the third most of any state in the nation."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 10, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 his State of the State address:
"At my first ‘Let’s Get to Work Day’ … we sold out;" more than 240 dozen doughnuts by 8:30 a.m.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 10, 2012
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
stated on December 30, 2011 an appearance on Rhode Island PBS's "A Lively Experiment":
"[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 17, 2011 a news release:
Says federal spending has increased 21 percent over the past three years.
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 9, 2012
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