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Rahm Emanuel

Rahm Emanuel

Rahm Emanuel is the mayor of Chicago. He represented the Chicagoland area as a U.S. congressman prior to joining the White House as the first chief of staff in President Barack Obama’s administration. Emanuel also held various posts in the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 1998, and worked as an investment banker in the private sector.

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Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on April 7, 2019 a speech
Says Chicago’s reduction in teen smoking over the last eight years is the "largest drop in the United States of America."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 14, 2019
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on September 25, 2018 remarks at an event
Says three research universities "came out and said (CPS is) the best public school system in the United States of a major urban system."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 5, 2018
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on June 28, 2018 a television interview
"Chicago is experiencing right now the highest employment since 1950."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 9, 2018
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on January 9, 2018 a talk radio appearance
"Chicago now has the highest employment in the private sector in the history of the city."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 22, 2018
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on October 18, 2017 a speech
"And over the last six years, Chicago’s economy has grown faster than the economies of New York City, Washington, D.C., or the national average."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • October 20, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on July 31, 2017 a press conference
"Every one of the financial bad management practices that I inherited, every one of them, have either been eliminated or cut significantly."
Half-True
By Matt Dietrich • August 14, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on November 15, 2016 Interview with Bill Kurtis
[Chicago is the] only city in the United States, you get a B average in high school, community college is free.
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • December 28, 2016
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on July 26, 2016 a press event
Chicago Public Schools "lead the country in high school graduation of an urban school system," "match the United States of America in kids graduating high school going on to a four-year college," and are "producing eighth-grade leaders in the country in math gains, fourth-grade leaders in reading gains."
Mostly True
By Madeleine Doubek • August 25, 2016
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on April 2, 2013 a CNN interview
Says in Chicago, "we take more guns off the streets than New York or L.A."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2013
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on September 2, 2012 an appearance on Meet the Press
Says Mitt Romney asked for a waiver from federal welfare rules.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • September 6, 2012
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on June 20, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"If the Republicans were the majority, (Rep. Barton) would have actually the gavel and the chairmanship."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 23, 2010
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on June 20, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
"In the case of General Motors, the (Bush) administration wrote a check without asking for any conditions of change."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 21, 2010
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on January 18, 2009 a news interview
"We've added, in the last eight years, $4 trillion of debt to the nation's obligations."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 22, 2009
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