Fact Check Posts – Page 8

George Flinn
stated on October 18, 2012 in campaign mail piece

Says that "when Congressman (Steve) Cohen took office in 2007, the unemployment rate was at 4.8 percent. The unemployment rate in Shelby County has reached 9.7 percent."

By Zack McMillin • October 28, 2012

Let Freedom Ring
stated on October 15, 2012 a Web video

Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China.

By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2012

Ted Strickland
stated on October 17, 2012 an interview on CNN

Says Gov. John Kasich incorrectly claimed Ohio’s economy was 38th in the nation when he took office. "We were sixth in the nation in terms of economic job growth."

By Sabrina Eaton • October 25, 2012

Jennifer Beck
stated on September 20, 2012 an interview with NJToday

"We have more people working in the state of New Jersey today than we've ever had in our history."

By Erin O'Neill • September 27, 2012

Paul Ryan
stated on August 29, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa

Says President Barack Obama broke his promise to keep a Wisconsin GM plant from closing.

August 30, 2012

Michele Bachmann
stated on August 27, 2012 a Fox News interview

"A report just came out that if we continue with President Obama's policies, we're looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter."

By Becky Bowers • August 29, 2012

Stephanie Cutter
stated on August 22, 2012 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

In the past 27 months, President Barack Obama has created more private-sector jobs than "in the Reagan recovery."

By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2012

American Future Fund
stated on August 9, 2012 an advertisement

Says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich "spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas."

By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on July 23, 2012 a news conference

"What I look at every month is how many more New Jerseyans are back to work. You have another 9,900 last month that are back to work and over almost 90,000 that are back to work now since I became governor."

By Erin O'Neill • July 30, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on July 9, 2012 an appearance at the Brookings Institution

"New Jersey today has fewer employees in state government than it had when Christie Whitman left office in January of 2001, and I think that’s good. And we did it without any layoffs. We did it through attrition."

By Bill Wichert • July 16, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on July 11, 2012 an interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show

"We are not producing jobs. We created 80,000 jobs last month. We don't talk about the jobs that we lost. The net of it all is that we lost jobs."

By Erin O'Neill • July 15, 2012

Mark Neumann
stated on June 13, 2012 an interview

If the U.S. didn't borrow $1.2 trillion every year "to fund government operations," that money would be available "for entrepreneurs and business people to put to work creating jobs and building and expanding their businesses."

July 8, 2012

Jennifer Beck
stated on June 25, 2012 a speech on the state Senate floor

"New Jersey's citizens are working at the highest rate in three years."

By Erin O'Neill • July 1, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on June 15, 2012 a video posted on YouTube

Says New Jersey’s job growth in May represents "25 percent of all the jobs created in the country."

By Bill Wichert • June 24, 2012

Rob Portman
stated on June 14, 2012 a conference call with reporters

Says that under President Obama, there’s been a substantial increase in federal government jobs.

By Stephen Koff • June 20, 2012

Stop Gillnetting Now
stated on May 30, 2012 campaign press statement

Says "Oregon is one of only three states that allow the use of gillnets on inland waters."

By Janie Har • June 14, 2012

Christopher Blazejewski
stated on June 5, 2012 a debate on the House floor

Most tips left at Dunkin’ Donuts don’t go to employees.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2012

Wes Riddle
stated on October 22, 2011 a speech.

Says combined inflation and unemployment rates in October 2011 were the highest since Ronald Reagan succeeded Jimmy Carter.

By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2012

New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on June 1, 2012 a newsletter

Says PolitiFact issued a True ruling on Paul Krugman calling "Governor Christie a ‘fiscal phony.’"

By Bill Wichert • June 6, 2012

Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2012 a TV ad

Says new figures he released showing Wisconsin job gains for 2011 are "the final job numbers."

May 24, 2012

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