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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 22, 2016 a tweet:
Says she "would bring 186,740 new jobs to Wisconsin" and "Donald Trump would cost Wisconsin 61,050 jobs."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 16, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2016 a rally.:
Barack Obama has "doubled our national debt. Doubled it. It's going to be close to $20 trillion when he leaves."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • September 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 15, 2016 a campaign speech in Scranton, Pa. :
Says her campaign platform includes the "biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 17, 2016
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech to Florida delegates at the Democratic National Convention:
"We rank 38th in wages. ... (Rick Scott) goes out around the country and advertises that to other states."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • August 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 29, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
"More than 90 percent of the gains have gone to the top 1 percent."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu • July 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 her acceptance speech at the Democratic convention:
"Our economy is so much stronger than when (Barack Obama and Joe Biden) took office. Nearly 15 million new private-sector jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:
"John McCain’s chief economic adviser during the ’08 race … estimated that Trump’s promises would cause America to lose 3.5 million jobs."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 28, 2016
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech at the Democratic convention:
"Donald Trump said he was excited for the 2008 housing crash that devastated millions of American families, because he thought it would help him scoop up more real estate on the cheap."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 26, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:
"Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 22, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:
"There are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2016 a speech in San Diego:
"95 percent of the world’s customers are … beyond our shores."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 a Donald Trump rally in Indiana:
"Today, there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before in the 200-year history of the great state of Indiana."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 12, 2016 a speech in Portsmouth, N.H.:
"Independent analysts say (Donald Trump) would add $30 trillion to the national debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2016
Mike Turzai
Mike Turzai
stated on June 15, 2016 an op-ed for PennLive:
"Each [Corbett administration] budget finished in the black."
Half-True
By Cassie Owens • July 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 remarks in Raleigh, N.C.:
Says Mark Zandi, who wrote a report criticizing Donald Trump’s economic proposals, is "one of Sen. John McCain's former economic advisers."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 24, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 20, 2016 a statement:
"As governor, in the face of partisan attacks, (Charlie Crist) had the courage to save jobs and lead his state into economic recovery."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 23, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2016 in a town hall:
"We've seen more manufacturing jobs created since I've been president than anytime since the 1990s. That's a fact."
Half-True
By Neelesh Moorthy • June 16, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 5, 2016 a campaign speech:
"It is a fact that the economy does better when we have a Democrat in the White House."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • June 8, 2016
National Federation of Independent Business-Virginia
National Federation of Independent Business-Virginia
stated on May 17, 2016 a website post.:
"The vast majority of minimum wage workers get a raise within a year."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • June 2, 2016
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on April 26, 2016 a statement :
"California has added twice as many jobs as Florida" over the past year.  
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • May 6, 2016
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