Latest Fact-checks in Jobs 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 Israel O'Quinn stated on August 10, 2015 in a speech.: On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent." Mike Huckabee stated on August 6, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate: "One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically." Georgia Department of Economic Development stated on July 9, 2015 in a press release: Film and television productions generated a $6 billion economic impact for Georgia’s economy in the most recent fiscal year. Chris Riley stated on July 17, 2015 in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution blog post: Since Volvo spurned Georgia for South Carolina in early May, some 3,455 jobs promising more than $800 million in investments have come to the Peach State. 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." Wisconsin State AFL-CIO stated on July 8, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says "Scott Walker’s bad budget includes: No weekend for workers." Bernie Sanders stated on July 6, 2015 in a rally in Portland, Maine: For African-Americans between the ages of 17 and 20, "the real unemployment rate … is 51 percent." American Bridge 21st Century stated on July 1, 2015 in a website posting: Wisconsin’s economy has "tanked" under Gov. Scott Walker and "so far in 2015 over 6,685 people have been laid off, already more than in all of 2014." Scott Walker stated on May 30, 2015 in a speech in New Hampshire: "Nationally, the unemployment rate for veterans is far greater than the national unemployment rate," and Wisconsin is "one of those rare examples where unemployment is actually lower for veterans than it is for the population as a whole and certainly lower than it is nationally." Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Our real unemployment is anywhere from 18 to 20 percent. Don't believe the 5.6. Don't believe it." Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "The last quarter, it was just announced, our gross domestic product … was below zero. Who ever heard of this? It's never below zero." Motion Picture Association of America stated on June 8, 2015 in a press release: The film and TV industry supports more than 24,000 direct jobs and pays local workers more than $1.68 billion in wages in Georgia. Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando: "We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years." Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president: "In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs." Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando: Says that during his eight years as Florida governor, "we created 1.3 million net new jobs -- more jobs created than Texas." Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2015 in a meme on social media: "During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent." Hillary Clinton stated on May 18, 2015 in an appearance in Mason City, Iowa: Hedge fund managers "pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers." Thomas Perez stated on May 7, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Due to "over-incarceration … in 1950, two out of three young black men were in the workforce. Today, it's one out of three black men are in the workforce." Senate Democrats stated on March 31, 2015 in interviews: The state budget will include scholarship money for minority students as a concession to Senate Democrats for supporting the GOP-initiated transportation bill. 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." Hillary Clinton stated on April 23, 2015 in a speech at the Women in the World conference: "The United States is 65th out of 142 nations and other territories on equal pay." Anonymous cyber-squatter stated on May 4, 2015 in a website: After laying off 30,000 people, Carly Fiorina said that in retrospect, "I would have done them all faster." City of Atlanta stated on August 8, 2014 in press release: Tyler Perry’s plan to turn a majority of the former Fort McPherson into a film and television studio is expected "to add over 8,000 new jobs to Atlanta." Texas Organizing Project stated on March 5, 2015 in a press release: "The unemployment rate among blacks in Texas is 9.5% -- far more than double white unemployment -- and wages have fallen for black workers in Texas since 2000." Ed Schultz stated on April 17, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show": "America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals." Viral BuzzFeed stated on April 20, 2015 in video: Women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job. Mark Herring stated on April 14, 2015 in a Facebook post.: "By age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap." George Will stated on April 5, 2015 in an appearance on Fox News Sunday: Says President Ronald Reagan "had a month of job creation of 1 million." Occupy Democrats stated on March 31, 2015 in a meme on social media: Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus." Martin O'Malley stated on March 29, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."
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Israel O'Quinn stated on August 10, 2015 in a speech.: On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent." Mike Huckabee stated on August 6, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate: "One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically." Georgia Department of Economic Development stated on July 9, 2015 in a press release: Film and television productions generated a $6 billion economic impact for Georgia’s economy in the most recent fiscal year. Chris Riley stated on July 17, 2015 in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution blog post: Since Volvo spurned Georgia for South Carolina in early May, some 3,455 jobs promising more than $800 million in investments have come to the Peach State. 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." Wisconsin State AFL-CIO stated on July 8, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says "Scott Walker’s bad budget includes: No weekend for workers." Bernie Sanders stated on July 6, 2015 in a rally in Portland, Maine: For African-Americans between the ages of 17 and 20, "the real unemployment rate … is 51 percent." American Bridge 21st Century stated on July 1, 2015 in a website posting: Wisconsin’s economy has "tanked" under Gov. Scott Walker and "so far in 2015 over 6,685 people have been laid off, already more than in all of 2014." Scott Walker stated on May 30, 2015 in a speech in New Hampshire: "Nationally, the unemployment rate for veterans is far greater than the national unemployment rate," and Wisconsin is "one of those rare examples where unemployment is actually lower for veterans than it is for the population as a whole and certainly lower than it is nationally." Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Our real unemployment is anywhere from 18 to 20 percent. Don't believe the 5.6. Don't believe it." Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "The last quarter, it was just announced, our gross domestic product … was below zero. Who ever heard of this? It's never below zero." Motion Picture Association of America stated on June 8, 2015 in a press release: The film and TV industry supports more than 24,000 direct jobs and pays local workers more than $1.68 billion in wages in Georgia. Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando: "We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years." Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president: "In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs." Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando: Says that during his eight years as Florida governor, "we created 1.3 million net new jobs -- more jobs created than Texas." Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2015 in a meme on social media: "During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent." Hillary Clinton stated on May 18, 2015 in an appearance in Mason City, Iowa: Hedge fund managers "pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers." Thomas Perez stated on May 7, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Due to "over-incarceration … in 1950, two out of three young black men were in the workforce. Today, it's one out of three black men are in the workforce." Senate Democrats stated on March 31, 2015 in interviews: The state budget will include scholarship money for minority students as a concession to Senate Democrats for supporting the GOP-initiated transportation bill. 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." Hillary Clinton stated on April 23, 2015 in a speech at the Women in the World conference: "The United States is 65th out of 142 nations and other territories on equal pay." Anonymous cyber-squatter stated on May 4, 2015 in a website: After laying off 30,000 people, Carly Fiorina said that in retrospect, "I would have done them all faster." City of Atlanta stated on August 8, 2014 in press release: Tyler Perry’s plan to turn a majority of the former Fort McPherson into a film and television studio is expected "to add over 8,000 new jobs to Atlanta." Texas Organizing Project stated on March 5, 2015 in a press release: "The unemployment rate among blacks in Texas is 9.5% -- far more than double white unemployment -- and wages have fallen for black workers in Texas since 2000." Ed Schultz stated on April 17, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show": "America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals." Viral BuzzFeed stated on April 20, 2015 in video: Women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job. Mark Herring stated on April 14, 2015 in a Facebook post.: "By age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap." George Will stated on April 5, 2015 in an appearance on Fox News Sunday: Says President Ronald Reagan "had a month of job creation of 1 million." Occupy Democrats stated on March 31, 2015 in a meme on social media: Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus." Martin O'Malley stated on March 29, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."
Israel O'Quinn stated on August 10, 2015 in a speech.: On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent."
Mike Huckabee stated on August 6, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate: "One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically."
Georgia Department of Economic Development stated on July 9, 2015 in a press release: Film and television productions generated a $6 billion economic impact for Georgia’s economy in the most recent fiscal year.
Chris Riley stated on July 17, 2015 in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution blog post: Since Volvo spurned Georgia for South Carolina in early May, some 3,455 jobs promising more than $800 million in investments have come to the Peach State.
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."
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO stated on July 8, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says "Scott Walker’s bad budget includes: No weekend for workers."
Bernie Sanders stated on July 6, 2015 in a rally in Portland, Maine: For African-Americans between the ages of 17 and 20, "the real unemployment rate … is 51 percent."
American Bridge 21st Century stated on July 1, 2015 in a website posting: Wisconsin’s economy has "tanked" under Gov. Scott Walker and "so far in 2015 over 6,685 people have been laid off, already more than in all of 2014."
Scott Walker stated on May 30, 2015 in a speech in New Hampshire: "Nationally, the unemployment rate for veterans is far greater than the national unemployment rate," and Wisconsin is "one of those rare examples where unemployment is actually lower for veterans than it is for the population as a whole and certainly lower than it is nationally."
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Our real unemployment is anywhere from 18 to 20 percent. Don't believe the 5.6. Don't believe it."
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "The last quarter, it was just announced, our gross domestic product … was below zero. Who ever heard of this? It's never below zero."
Motion Picture Association of America stated on June 8, 2015 in a press release: The film and TV industry supports more than 24,000 direct jobs and pays local workers more than $1.68 billion in wages in Georgia.
Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando: "We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years."
Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president: "In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs."
Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando: Says that during his eight years as Florida governor, "we created 1.3 million net new jobs -- more jobs created than Texas."
Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2015 in a meme on social media: "During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent."
Hillary Clinton stated on May 18, 2015 in an appearance in Mason City, Iowa: Hedge fund managers "pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers."
Thomas Perez stated on May 7, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Due to "over-incarceration … in 1950, two out of three young black men were in the workforce. Today, it's one out of three black men are in the workforce."
Senate Democrats stated on March 31, 2015 in interviews: The state budget will include scholarship money for minority students as a concession to Senate Democrats for supporting the GOP-initiated transportation bill.
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."
Hillary Clinton stated on April 23, 2015 in a speech at the Women in the World conference: "The United States is 65th out of 142 nations and other territories on equal pay."
Anonymous cyber-squatter stated on May 4, 2015 in a website: After laying off 30,000 people, Carly Fiorina said that in retrospect, "I would have done them all faster."
City of Atlanta stated on August 8, 2014 in press release: Tyler Perry’s plan to turn a majority of the former Fort McPherson into a film and television studio is expected "to add over 8,000 new jobs to Atlanta."
Texas Organizing Project stated on March 5, 2015 in a press release: "The unemployment rate among blacks in Texas is 9.5% -- far more than double white unemployment -- and wages have fallen for black workers in Texas since 2000."
Ed Schultz stated on April 17, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show": "America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals."
Viral BuzzFeed stated on April 20, 2015 in video: Women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job.
Mark Herring stated on April 14, 2015 in a Facebook post.: "By age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap."
George Will stated on April 5, 2015 in an appearance on Fox News Sunday: Says President Ronald Reagan "had a month of job creation of 1 million."
Occupy Democrats stated on March 31, 2015 in a meme on social media: Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus."
Martin O'Malley stated on March 29, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."
