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Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Mostly False

Gap is wide but number is wrong

Omar

"In 2017, the CEO of McDonalds got paid $21.8 million. The median pay for a McDonald's worker that year was $7,000. This is a moral outrage. We need a $15 minimum wage so that no one is paid a poverty wage."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, February 12th, 2019

True

W.Va. has fallen, U.S. has risen

Romano

"Adjusting for inflation, West Virginia’s median household income has not grown in a decade."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Wednesday, December 12th, 2018

True

An unflattering achievement

Romano

"In 2017, West Virginia’s $43,469 median household income was $16,867 below the national average, ranking 50th."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, December 7th, 2018

Mostly False

Stale and still a stretch

Sanders

Says middle class taxpayers "subsidize Walmart’s horrendously low wages to the tune of at least $6.2 billion every year."

— PolitiFact Vermont on Friday, November 16th, 2018