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Reince Priebus stated on December 02, 2014 in a speech:

Says Barack Obama has "the worst record of any president when it comes to putting America deeper in debt."

By Louis Jacobson• December 4, 2014

Rahm Emanuel stated on June 28, 2018 in a television interview:

"Chicago is experiencing right now the highest employment since 1950."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• July 9, 2018

American Crossroads stated on October 02, 2012 in a TV ad:

"This is what President Obama said the jobless rate would be if we passed the stimulus: 5.6 percent."

By Becky Bowers• October 9, 2012

Bob Goodlatte stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

The "9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority."

By Steve Contorno• June 29, 2014

Rush Limbaugh stated on December 08, 2009 in his radio show:

A recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated "over two days of the Thanksgiving week."

By Louis Jacobson• December 10, 2009

Marvin Pratt stated on November 02, 2010 in a TV interview:

Milwaukee’s problems include "52 percent black male unemployment."

By Tom Kertscher• November 17, 2010

Rick Perry stated on January 26, 2015 in a breakfast talk in Iowa:

The U.S. unemployment rate has "been massaged, it’s been doctored."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 26, 2015

Ben Carson stated on November 10, 2015 in the Republican debate in Milwaukee, Wis.:

"Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases."

By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2015

Barbara Buono stated on May 22, 2013 in a gubernatorial campaign television ad:

"To hear Gov. Christie tell it, everything in New Jersey is going just fine. Well I see another New Jersey with 400,000 unemployed. One of the worst jobless rates in the country. Working and middle class families have seen costs soar, from property taxes to college tuition."

By Caryn Shinske• May 26, 2013

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."

By Sarah Hauer• June 23, 2015

Barack Obama stated on January 22, 2015 in an interview with YouTube celebrity Bethany Mota:

"The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were politicians who said, ‘You know what? We should start colleges.’ "

By Louis Jacobson• February 3, 2015

JB Pritzker stated on August 04, 2020 in remarks at a news conference:

When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the worst recession of my lifetime.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• August 14, 2020

Rick Scott stated on April 18, 2012 in radio interview:

"About 230,000 people that were on unemployment when I took office are not on unemployment now."

By Katie Sanders• April 27, 2012

Sean Spicer stated on July 06, 2014 in an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union":

"In the last three years alone, 13 times, the Supreme Court, unanimously, 9-0, including all of the president's liberal picks, have struck down the president's executive orders."

By Steve Contorno• July 9, 2014

Rafael Cruz stated on July 31, 2015 in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman:

"Prior to 1962, everybody prayed before school started," and "the Bible was the principal textbook in all schools."

By Anna Bruzgulis• August 10, 2015

John Currie stated on September 09, 2013 in a guest blog post:

Unemployment in Texas has risen over two percentage points with Rick Perry as governor.

By W. Gardner Selby• September 17, 2013

Newt Gingrich stated on December 18, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

In a watershed 1958 decision, "the Warren court asserted by itself that the Supreme Court was supreme over the president and the Congress."

By Louis Jacobson• December 20, 2011

Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a post:

“Stunning Knockout: Mike Tyson Defeats Jake Paul in Just 50 Seconds with a Devastating K.O.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• November 18, 2024

Sarah Eckhardt stated on February 18, 2013 in an email blast.:

Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising.

By W. Gardner Selby• February 21, 2013

Sherrod Brown stated on November 30, 2010 in an MSNBC interview :

"Understand, this is unemployment insurance. It’s not welfare, as a lot of my Republican colleagues like to suggest it is. You pay into it when you’re working. You get help when you’re not."

By Stephen Koff• December 7, 2010

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