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 Bill Johnson stated on June 5, 2012 in a telephone town hall meeting: "The state of Ohio has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation right now and is leading the pack in terms of job creation." Charles Bass stated on June 11, 2012 in a speech after he filed to run for reelection at the New Hampshire Statehouse: "America used to be the third easiest country to get established in a business. It's now number 17." Marsha Blackburn stated on June 7, 2012: Says her congressional district has 10,000 medical-device industry jobs and 1,000 will be lost because of health-care law tax. Scott Walker stated on June 6, 2012 in a radio appearance: "Overwhelming Democrat and Republican votes" in 2011 for legislation in two special sessions on jobs demonstrated the bipartisan nature of the Wisconsin Legislature. Sylvia Romo stated on May 20, 2012 in a campaign mailer.: Lloyd Doggett "made millions off companies like Bank of America while they took taxpayer bailout money." Bob Latta stated on May 5, 2012 in an email statement: Says that President Obama promised that with the stimulus plan, "unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now." Mike Martinez stated on April 19, 2012 in an interview with Austin's KUT, 90.5 FM.: "Over the history of Austin, it’s always gotten more expensive." Michael Turner stated on April 23, 2012 in a statement supporting Mitt Romney: Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on April 20, 2012 in a news release.: Gas prices have gone up 99 percent since Obama became president, "the highest gas price increase since Carter." Josh Mandel stated on March 29, 2012 in a news release: Sherrod Brown opposed blocking a new EPA emissions rule, "despite acknowledging that the EPA's cap-and-trade regulations are ‘burdensome’ and could harm economic growth in Ohio." Gerry Connolly stated on February 13, 2012 in a TV interview: Says Obama has "doubled the stock market from where we started when he was sworn into office" Eric Cantor stated on March 16, 2012 in a written statement.: President Obama pushed through the stimulus "based on the promise of keeping unemployment under 8 percent." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on January 24, 2012 in a Web ad: "Since President Obama took full control of Washington … every single day, more than 1,500 of our jobs have been lost." Nicholas Kettle stated on January 27, 2012 in a radio talk show: "If you look at states that are right to work, they constantly do not have budget deficits and they have very good business climates." U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on February 8, 2012 in a video ad: Says the Congressional Budget Office said "unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013" Mitt Romney stated on February 4, 2012 in a stump speech in Las Vegas: President Obama told people "to skip coming here (Las Vegas) for conventions and meetings." Rick Santorum stated on January 26, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.: "In 2006, I went out and authored a letter with 24 other senators asking for major reform of Freddie and Fannie, warning of a meltdown and a bubble in the housing market." Rick Santorum stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla.: Florida's economy "became a bad economy ... because of a huge spike in oil prices in the summer of 2008." Mitt Romney stated on January 16, 2012 in a tweet: "More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history." Jon Huntsman stated on January 9, 2012 in comments to reporters in Concord, N.H.: "What’s clear is (Romney) likes firing people." Rick Scott stated on January 10, 2012 in 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. Republican National Committee stated on December 12, 2011 in an email to reporters: DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz "denied unemployment went up under Obama." Lloyd Doggett stated on December 8, 2011 in an opinion article at HuffingtonPost.com: Says that according to one economist, $1 of unemployment benefits boosts the economy by $1.61. Ron Paul stated on November 30, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire: "The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process" and $5 trillion went overseas. Newt Gingrich stated on December 5, 2011 in 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." Newt Gingrich stated on December 5, 2011 in a press conference: President Barack Obama "has now spent three years proving that he kills jobs in energy, he kills jobs in manufacturing." Rick Perry stated on November 16, 2011 in a television ad: Says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy. Rick Perry stated on October 11, 2011 in the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says that "we brought CHI Manufacturing, that had business in China, back to" Texas. Rachel Maddow stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show: "A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career." Sam Adams stated on August 12, 2011 in in a speech: Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar.
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Bill Johnson stated on June 5, 2012 in a telephone town hall meeting: "The state of Ohio has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation right now and is leading the pack in terms of job creation." Charles Bass stated on June 11, 2012 in a speech after he filed to run for reelection at the New Hampshire Statehouse: "America used to be the third easiest country to get established in a business. It's now number 17." Marsha Blackburn stated on June 7, 2012: Says her congressional district has 10,000 medical-device industry jobs and 1,000 will be lost because of health-care law tax. Scott Walker stated on June 6, 2012 in a radio appearance: "Overwhelming Democrat and Republican votes" in 2011 for legislation in two special sessions on jobs demonstrated the bipartisan nature of the Wisconsin Legislature. Sylvia Romo stated on May 20, 2012 in a campaign mailer.: Lloyd Doggett "made millions off companies like Bank of America while they took taxpayer bailout money." Bob Latta stated on May 5, 2012 in an email statement: Says that President Obama promised that with the stimulus plan, "unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now." Mike Martinez stated on April 19, 2012 in an interview with Austin's KUT, 90.5 FM.: "Over the history of Austin, it’s always gotten more expensive." Michael Turner stated on April 23, 2012 in a statement supporting Mitt Romney: Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on April 20, 2012 in a news release.: Gas prices have gone up 99 percent since Obama became president, "the highest gas price increase since Carter." Josh Mandel stated on March 29, 2012 in a news release: Sherrod Brown opposed blocking a new EPA emissions rule, "despite acknowledging that the EPA's cap-and-trade regulations are ‘burdensome’ and could harm economic growth in Ohio." Gerry Connolly stated on February 13, 2012 in a TV interview: Says Obama has "doubled the stock market from where we started when he was sworn into office" Eric Cantor stated on March 16, 2012 in a written statement.: President Obama pushed through the stimulus "based on the promise of keeping unemployment under 8 percent." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on January 24, 2012 in a Web ad: "Since President Obama took full control of Washington … every single day, more than 1,500 of our jobs have been lost." Nicholas Kettle stated on January 27, 2012 in a radio talk show: "If you look at states that are right to work, they constantly do not have budget deficits and they have very good business climates." U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on February 8, 2012 in a video ad: Says the Congressional Budget Office said "unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013" Mitt Romney stated on February 4, 2012 in a stump speech in Las Vegas: President Obama told people "to skip coming here (Las Vegas) for conventions and meetings." Rick Santorum stated on January 26, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.: "In 2006, I went out and authored a letter with 24 other senators asking for major reform of Freddie and Fannie, warning of a meltdown and a bubble in the housing market." Rick Santorum stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla.: Florida's economy "became a bad economy ... because of a huge spike in oil prices in the summer of 2008." Mitt Romney stated on January 16, 2012 in a tweet: "More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history." Jon Huntsman stated on January 9, 2012 in comments to reporters in Concord, N.H.: "What’s clear is (Romney) likes firing people." Rick Scott stated on January 10, 2012 in 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. Republican National Committee stated on December 12, 2011 in an email to reporters: DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz "denied unemployment went up under Obama." Lloyd Doggett stated on December 8, 2011 in an opinion article at HuffingtonPost.com: Says that according to one economist, $1 of unemployment benefits boosts the economy by $1.61. Ron Paul stated on November 30, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire: "The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process" and $5 trillion went overseas. Newt Gingrich stated on December 5, 2011 in 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." Newt Gingrich stated on December 5, 2011 in a press conference: President Barack Obama "has now spent three years proving that he kills jobs in energy, he kills jobs in manufacturing." Rick Perry stated on November 16, 2011 in a television ad: Says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy. Rick Perry stated on October 11, 2011 in the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says that "we brought CHI Manufacturing, that had business in China, back to" Texas. Rachel Maddow stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show: "A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career." Sam Adams stated on August 12, 2011 in in a speech: Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar.
Bill Johnson stated on June 5, 2012 in a telephone town hall meeting: "The state of Ohio has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation right now and is leading the pack in terms of job creation."
Charles Bass stated on June 11, 2012 in a speech after he filed to run for reelection at the New Hampshire Statehouse: "America used to be the third easiest country to get established in a business. It's now number 17."
Marsha Blackburn stated on June 7, 2012: Says her congressional district has 10,000 medical-device industry jobs and 1,000 will be lost because of health-care law tax.
Scott Walker stated on June 6, 2012 in a radio appearance: "Overwhelming Democrat and Republican votes" in 2011 for legislation in two special sessions on jobs demonstrated the bipartisan nature of the Wisconsin Legislature.
Sylvia Romo stated on May 20, 2012 in a campaign mailer.: Lloyd Doggett "made millions off companies like Bank of America while they took taxpayer bailout money."
Bob Latta stated on May 5, 2012 in an email statement: Says that President Obama promised that with the stimulus plan, "unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now."
Mike Martinez stated on April 19, 2012 in an interview with Austin's KUT, 90.5 FM.: "Over the history of Austin, it’s always gotten more expensive."
Michael Turner stated on April 23, 2012 in a statement supporting Mitt Romney: Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals."
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on April 20, 2012 in a news release.: Gas prices have gone up 99 percent since Obama became president, "the highest gas price increase since Carter."
Josh Mandel stated on March 29, 2012 in a news release: Sherrod Brown opposed blocking a new EPA emissions rule, "despite acknowledging that the EPA's cap-and-trade regulations are ‘burdensome’ and could harm economic growth in Ohio."
Gerry Connolly stated on February 13, 2012 in a TV interview: Says Obama has "doubled the stock market from where we started when he was sworn into office"
Eric Cantor stated on March 16, 2012 in a written statement.: President Obama pushed through the stimulus "based on the promise of keeping unemployment under 8 percent."
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on January 24, 2012 in a Web ad: "Since President Obama took full control of Washington … every single day, more than 1,500 of our jobs have been lost."
Nicholas Kettle stated on January 27, 2012 in a radio talk show: "If you look at states that are right to work, they constantly do not have budget deficits and they have very good business climates."
U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on February 8, 2012 in a video ad: Says the Congressional Budget Office said "unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013"
Mitt Romney stated on February 4, 2012 in a stump speech in Las Vegas: President Obama told people "to skip coming here (Las Vegas) for conventions and meetings."
Rick Santorum stated on January 26, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.: "In 2006, I went out and authored a letter with 24 other senators asking for major reform of Freddie and Fannie, warning of a meltdown and a bubble in the housing market."
Rick Santorum stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla.: Florida's economy "became a bad economy ... because of a huge spike in oil prices in the summer of 2008."
Mitt Romney stated on January 16, 2012 in a tweet: "More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history."
Jon Huntsman stated on January 9, 2012 in comments to reporters in Concord, N.H.: "What’s clear is (Romney) likes firing people."
Rick Scott stated on January 10, 2012 in 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.
Republican National Committee stated on December 12, 2011 in an email to reporters: DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz "denied unemployment went up under Obama."
Lloyd Doggett stated on December 8, 2011 in an opinion article at HuffingtonPost.com: Says that according to one economist, $1 of unemployment benefits boosts the economy by $1.61.
Ron Paul stated on November 30, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire: "The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process" and $5 trillion went overseas.
Newt Gingrich stated on December 5, 2011 in 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."
Newt Gingrich stated on December 5, 2011 in a press conference: President Barack Obama "has now spent three years proving that he kills jobs in energy, he kills jobs in manufacturing."
Rick Perry stated on November 16, 2011 in a television ad: Says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy.
Rick Perry stated on October 11, 2011 in the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says that "we brought CHI Manufacturing, that had business in China, back to" Texas.
Rachel Maddow stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show: "A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career."
Sam Adams stated on August 12, 2011 in in a speech: Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar.
