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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
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 11, 2012 the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town"
Says Romney and Bain Capital drove KB Toys into bankruptcy by loading it up with debt.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • January 13, 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 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
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on December 12, 2011 an email to reporters
DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz "denied unemployment went up under Obama."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • December 15, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on December 8, 2011 an opinion article at HuffingtonPost.com
Says that according to one economist, $1 of unemployment benefits boosts the economy by $1.61.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • December 15, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 5, 2011 a press conference
"The only reason the unemployment rate is going down is because … twice as many people dropped out of the employment pool as the number of jobs were created."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 5, 2011 a press conference
President Barack Obama "has now spent three years proving that he kills jobs in energy, he kills jobs in manufacturing."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2011
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on November 2, 2011 a TV ad
"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 15, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 11, 2011 the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.
Says that "we brought CHI Manufacturing, that had business in China, back to" Texas.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 31, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on October 19, 2011 a Senate floor speech
With recent growth "it is very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing fine."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 10, 2011 a campaign ad
"Romneycare has … killed 18,000 Massachusetts jobs."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 14, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 7, 2011 a news release
"Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' "
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 13, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 27, 2011 a television commercial
"Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 10, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 13, 2011 a campaign commercial
Says that politicians who approved collective bargaining restrictions for public employees "exploited a loophole exempting themselves from Senate Bill 5."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 7, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on September 14, 2011 a blog post
The jobs bill includes "President Obama's tax on soup kitchens"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 25, 2011 a television interview
"Since the beginning of the year we've created a net increase of 45,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Peter Krouse • September 12, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 1, 2011 a news release
Under Gov. Scott Walker, "unemployment is increasing in Wisconsin at twice the rate it is nationally."
Mostly False
August 18, 2011
Raul Labrador
Raul Labrador
stated on July 31, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Tax increases under Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm led to state unemployment going from 6.8 percent to 15.3 percent.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2011
Shirley Turner
Shirley Turner
stated on July 12, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
Says unemployment in Trenton is "twice as much as what we see in every other area of the state" and, as a result, "we have seen an increase in crime."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 26, 2011
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