Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Economy Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Scott Walker stated on December 3, 2015 in a tweet: "From 2010-2014, median household income" in Wisconsin "has actually gone up 7.4 percent." Terry McAuliffe stated on November 2, 2015 in a TV interview.: "When I became governor, I inherited a large deficit. You know what? We just turned that into the largest surplus in Virginia history." Viral image stated on October 22, 2015 in a shareable graphic on the Web: Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades. Erick Erickson stated on October 9, 2015 in a blog post: "Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress." Jeb Bush stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": The tax policies of George W. Bush "created a dynamic effect of high growth." Ted Cruz stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with CBS' Stephen Colbert: "When (Ronald) Reagan came in, from 1978 to 1982, economic growth averaged less than 1 percent a year. There’s only one other four-year period where that’s true. That’s true from 2008 to 2012." Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate: Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker turned a $1 billion surplus into a $2.2 billion budget deficit. Donald Trump stated on September 8, 2015 in a tweet: "Jeb's policies in Florida helped lead to its almost total collapse." Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview with Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show": "The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office." Scott Walker stated on July 21, 2015 in a tweet: Says under his leadership "Wisconsin median household income" is up 2.7%, while it is down 1.3% nationally under President Obama. Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks." Maria Shriver stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Two-thirds of American families rely on the mother's income to stay above the poverty level." Lincoln Chafee stated on May 10, 2015 in an interview on CNN: "We had the biggest drop of the rate of unemployment (in) all but 4 states." Lindsey Graham stated on March 8, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The labor participation rate is at an all-time low." Gina Raimondo stated on February 18, 2015 in a presentation: Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states. George Nee stated on February 5, 2015 in testimony before R.I. House Labor Committee: Rhode Island "is one of the worst states" for income equality. Ted Cruz stated on February 8, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "92 million Americans aren't working." Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity stated on January 10, 2015 in a tweet: "Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour." Barack Obama stated on January 7, 2015 in a speech in Detroit: "The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in." Bob Buckhorn stated on January 15, 2015 in a campaign ad: Tampa Bay is "leading the state in jobs creation." Gwen Moore stated on November 11, 2014 in a radio interview: "We've had the lowest health care inflation in history because of Obamacare." Peter Morici stated on December 7, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal": Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000." Bill Clinton stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech: "One-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the American middle class" during his presidency compared to Ronald Reagan's presidency. Ben Cardin stated on November 2, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs." Gina Raimondo stated on October 7, 2014 in in television commercial: "I fought 38 Studios from the beginning." Mary Burke stated on October 10, 2014 in a debate: Under Scott Walker’s policies, "the typical Wisconsin family has actually seen their real income drop by nearly $3,000 in the last four years." Rick Scott stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College: "3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (Crist) was governor." Joni Ernst stated on October 11, 2014 in a debate: "Iowa has the fourth fastest-growing personal income in the United States, while nationally, the real wage has decreased over the past eight years that Congressman (Bruce) Braley has been there by 2.7 percent." Thom Tillis stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate: By voting for Obamacare, Sen. Kay Hagan "voted to kill the equivalent of 2.5 million jobs." Mary Burke stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview: Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."
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Scott Walker stated on December 3, 2015 in a tweet: "From 2010-2014, median household income" in Wisconsin "has actually gone up 7.4 percent." Terry McAuliffe stated on November 2, 2015 in a TV interview.: "When I became governor, I inherited a large deficit. You know what? We just turned that into the largest surplus in Virginia history." Viral image stated on October 22, 2015 in a shareable graphic on the Web: Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades. Erick Erickson stated on October 9, 2015 in a blog post: "Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress." Jeb Bush stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": The tax policies of George W. Bush "created a dynamic effect of high growth." Ted Cruz stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with CBS' Stephen Colbert: "When (Ronald) Reagan came in, from 1978 to 1982, economic growth averaged less than 1 percent a year. There’s only one other four-year period where that’s true. That’s true from 2008 to 2012." Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate: Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker turned a $1 billion surplus into a $2.2 billion budget deficit. Donald Trump stated on September 8, 2015 in a tweet: "Jeb's policies in Florida helped lead to its almost total collapse." Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview with Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show": "The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office." Scott Walker stated on July 21, 2015 in a tweet: Says under his leadership "Wisconsin median household income" is up 2.7%, while it is down 1.3% nationally under President Obama. Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks." Maria Shriver stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Two-thirds of American families rely on the mother's income to stay above the poverty level." Lincoln Chafee stated on May 10, 2015 in an interview on CNN: "We had the biggest drop of the rate of unemployment (in) all but 4 states." Lindsey Graham stated on March 8, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The labor participation rate is at an all-time low." Gina Raimondo stated on February 18, 2015 in a presentation: Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states. George Nee stated on February 5, 2015 in testimony before R.I. House Labor Committee: Rhode Island "is one of the worst states" for income equality. Ted Cruz stated on February 8, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "92 million Americans aren't working." Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity stated on January 10, 2015 in a tweet: "Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour." Barack Obama stated on January 7, 2015 in a speech in Detroit: "The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in." Bob Buckhorn stated on January 15, 2015 in a campaign ad: Tampa Bay is "leading the state in jobs creation." Gwen Moore stated on November 11, 2014 in a radio interview: "We've had the lowest health care inflation in history because of Obamacare." Peter Morici stated on December 7, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal": Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000." Bill Clinton stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech: "One-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the American middle class" during his presidency compared to Ronald Reagan's presidency. Ben Cardin stated on November 2, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs." Gina Raimondo stated on October 7, 2014 in in television commercial: "I fought 38 Studios from the beginning." Mary Burke stated on October 10, 2014 in a debate: Under Scott Walker’s policies, "the typical Wisconsin family has actually seen their real income drop by nearly $3,000 in the last four years." Rick Scott stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College: "3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (Crist) was governor." Joni Ernst stated on October 11, 2014 in a debate: "Iowa has the fourth fastest-growing personal income in the United States, while nationally, the real wage has decreased over the past eight years that Congressman (Bruce) Braley has been there by 2.7 percent." Thom Tillis stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate: By voting for Obamacare, Sen. Kay Hagan "voted to kill the equivalent of 2.5 million jobs." Mary Burke stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview: Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."
Scott Walker stated on December 3, 2015 in a tweet: "From 2010-2014, median household income" in Wisconsin "has actually gone up 7.4 percent."
Terry McAuliffe stated on November 2, 2015 in a TV interview.: "When I became governor, I inherited a large deficit. You know what? We just turned that into the largest surplus in Virginia history."
Viral image stated on October 22, 2015 in a shareable graphic on the Web: Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades.
Erick Erickson stated on October 9, 2015 in a blog post: "Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress."
Jeb Bush stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": The tax policies of George W. Bush "created a dynamic effect of high growth."
Ted Cruz stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with CBS' Stephen Colbert: "When (Ronald) Reagan came in, from 1978 to 1982, economic growth averaged less than 1 percent a year. There’s only one other four-year period where that’s true. That’s true from 2008 to 2012."
Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate: Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker turned a $1 billion surplus into a $2.2 billion budget deficit.
Donald Trump stated on September 8, 2015 in a tweet: "Jeb's policies in Florida helped lead to its almost total collapse."
Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview with Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show": "The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office."
Scott Walker stated on July 21, 2015 in a tweet: Says under his leadership "Wisconsin median household income" is up 2.7%, while it is down 1.3% nationally under President Obama.
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks."
Maria Shriver stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Two-thirds of American families rely on the mother's income to stay above the poverty level."
Lincoln Chafee stated on May 10, 2015 in an interview on CNN: "We had the biggest drop of the rate of unemployment (in) all but 4 states."
Lindsey Graham stated on March 8, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The labor participation rate is at an all-time low."
Gina Raimondo stated on February 18, 2015 in a presentation: Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.
George Nee stated on February 5, 2015 in testimony before R.I. House Labor Committee: Rhode Island "is one of the worst states" for income equality.
Ted Cruz stated on February 8, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "92 million Americans aren't working."
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity stated on January 10, 2015 in a tweet: "Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour."
Barack Obama stated on January 7, 2015 in a speech in Detroit: "The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in."
Bob Buckhorn stated on January 15, 2015 in a campaign ad: Tampa Bay is "leading the state in jobs creation."
Gwen Moore stated on November 11, 2014 in a radio interview: "We've had the lowest health care inflation in history because of Obamacare."
Peter Morici stated on December 7, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal": Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000."
Bill Clinton stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech: "One-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the American middle class" during his presidency compared to Ronald Reagan's presidency.
Ben Cardin stated on November 2, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs."
Gina Raimondo stated on October 7, 2014 in in television commercial: "I fought 38 Studios from the beginning."
Mary Burke stated on October 10, 2014 in a debate: Under Scott Walker’s policies, "the typical Wisconsin family has actually seen their real income drop by nearly $3,000 in the last four years."
Rick Scott stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College: "3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (Crist) was governor."
Joni Ernst stated on October 11, 2014 in a debate: "Iowa has the fourth fastest-growing personal income in the United States, while nationally, the real wage has decreased over the past eight years that Congressman (Bruce) Braley has been there by 2.7 percent."
Thom Tillis stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate: By voting for Obamacare, Sen. Kay Hagan "voted to kill the equivalent of 2.5 million jobs."
Mary Burke stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview: Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."
