Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Jobs J.D. Vance stated on March 14, 2024 in an interview with Fox News: Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.” Brian Schimming stated on March 13, 2024 in Statement: “On Joe Biden’s watch, Wisconsin has lost 6,000 manufacturing jobs and 455 dairy farms in the last year.” One Nation stated on September 4, 2023 in a petition: Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.” Joe Biden stated on August 15, 2023 in a speech in Milwaukee: “A higher percentage of American workers are working today than ever before.” Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2022 in Public statement: “A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.” Joe Biden stated on August 16, 2022 in remarks at the White House: The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.” Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 24, 2022 in Twitter: "There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic." Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter: The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.” Liberal Groups stated on June 2, 2022 in Public statement: "Milwaukee’s hotels and restaurants are already filled during the summer. The RNC convention will simply replace those who normally visit our city." Lawrence Summers stated on June 17, 2022 in an interview with Barron's: “When you have unemployment below 4% and inflation above 4%, recession always follows within two years.” Nancy Pelosi stated on May 15, 2022 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": “When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.” Mike Gibbons stated on April 7, 2022 in an ad: "As Ohio treasurer, Josh Mandel loaned your money to Chinese business interests, and Mandel opposed a bill holding Communist China accountable when they cheated and stole American jobs." Ron Klain stated on April 3, 2022 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created." Mehmet Oz stated on March 17, 2022 in an ad: "David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia." Ben Shapiro stated on March 1, 2022 in a YouTube video: "There is no evidence Biden’s spending produced one job. Nonpartisan projections for job growth in 2021, not including that American Rescue Plan, showed higher job growth than Biden produced.” Jim Steineke stated on January 17, 2021 in a TV interview: Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature. Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2020 in a White House briefing: “We're setting record job numbers.” Facebook posts stated on May 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, “Minnesota now has the highest unemployment rate in U.S. history.” Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2020 in social media: Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats” Pete Buttigieg stated on February 22, 2020 in a speech: Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support." Elizabeth Warren stated on December 10, 2019 in a policy white paper: "Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers." Democratic National Committee stated on September 20, 2019 in a press release: Says Donald Trump is breaking a campaign pledge to bring manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania since the two states "have lost the most manufacturing jobs in the past year." Kamala Harris stated on May 22, 2019 in an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert": "In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work." Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders stated on January 30, 2019 in a joint statement: Foxconn has already "made a positive impact across Wisconsin with more than 1,000 new jobs." Ilhan Omar stated on February 7, 2019 in a congressional hearing: "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." West Virginia Democratic Party stated on January 9, 2019 in a tweet: "FACT: Unemployment rate has not decreased since @WVGovernor took office." Bernie Sanders stated on November 15, 2018 in Tweet announcing new bill: Says middle class taxpayers "subsidize Walmart’s horrendously low wages to the tune of at least $6.2 billion every year." Mike DeWine stated on October 20, 2018 in an ad: "During the Strickland-Cordray era, taxes were raised by $800 million and Ohio lost 400,000 jobs." Nancy Pelosi stated on July 26, 2018 in a tweet: "Between the first and second quarters of 2018 — after the tax cuts were enacted — real wages fell by 1.8 percent." Matt Flynn stated on April 12, 2018 in a TV interview: Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud."
J.D. Vance stated on March 14, 2024 in an interview with Fox News: Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.” Brian Schimming stated on March 13, 2024 in Statement: “On Joe Biden’s watch, Wisconsin has lost 6,000 manufacturing jobs and 455 dairy farms in the last year.” One Nation stated on September 4, 2023 in a petition: Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.” Joe Biden stated on August 15, 2023 in a speech in Milwaukee: “A higher percentage of American workers are working today than ever before.” Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2022 in Public statement: “A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.” Joe Biden stated on August 16, 2022 in remarks at the White House: The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.” Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 24, 2022 in Twitter: "There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic." Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter: The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.” Liberal Groups stated on June 2, 2022 in Public statement: "Milwaukee’s hotels and restaurants are already filled during the summer. The RNC convention will simply replace those who normally visit our city." Lawrence Summers stated on June 17, 2022 in an interview with Barron's: “When you have unemployment below 4% and inflation above 4%, recession always follows within two years.” Nancy Pelosi stated on May 15, 2022 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": “When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.” Mike Gibbons stated on April 7, 2022 in an ad: "As Ohio treasurer, Josh Mandel loaned your money to Chinese business interests, and Mandel opposed a bill holding Communist China accountable when they cheated and stole American jobs." Ron Klain stated on April 3, 2022 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created." Mehmet Oz stated on March 17, 2022 in an ad: "David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia." Ben Shapiro stated on March 1, 2022 in a YouTube video: "There is no evidence Biden’s spending produced one job. Nonpartisan projections for job growth in 2021, not including that American Rescue Plan, showed higher job growth than Biden produced.” Jim Steineke stated on January 17, 2021 in a TV interview: Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature. Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2020 in a White House briefing: “We're setting record job numbers.” Facebook posts stated on May 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, “Minnesota now has the highest unemployment rate in U.S. history.” Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2020 in social media: Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats” Pete Buttigieg stated on February 22, 2020 in a speech: Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support." Elizabeth Warren stated on December 10, 2019 in a policy white paper: "Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers." Democratic National Committee stated on September 20, 2019 in a press release: Says Donald Trump is breaking a campaign pledge to bring manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania since the two states "have lost the most manufacturing jobs in the past year." Kamala Harris stated on May 22, 2019 in an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert": "In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work." Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders stated on January 30, 2019 in a joint statement: Foxconn has already "made a positive impact across Wisconsin with more than 1,000 new jobs." Ilhan Omar stated on February 7, 2019 in a congressional hearing: "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." West Virginia Democratic Party stated on January 9, 2019 in a tweet: "FACT: Unemployment rate has not decreased since @WVGovernor took office." Bernie Sanders stated on November 15, 2018 in Tweet announcing new bill: Says middle class taxpayers "subsidize Walmart’s horrendously low wages to the tune of at least $6.2 billion every year." Mike DeWine stated on October 20, 2018 in an ad: "During the Strickland-Cordray era, taxes were raised by $800 million and Ohio lost 400,000 jobs." Nancy Pelosi stated on July 26, 2018 in a tweet: "Between the first and second quarters of 2018 — after the tax cuts were enacted — real wages fell by 1.8 percent." Matt Flynn stated on April 12, 2018 in a TV interview: Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud."
J.D. Vance stated on March 14, 2024 in an interview with Fox News: Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.”
Brian Schimming stated on March 13, 2024 in Statement: “On Joe Biden’s watch, Wisconsin has lost 6,000 manufacturing jobs and 455 dairy farms in the last year.”
One Nation stated on September 4, 2023 in a petition: Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.”
Joe Biden stated on August 15, 2023 in a speech in Milwaukee: “A higher percentage of American workers are working today than ever before.”
Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2022 in Public statement: “A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.”
Joe Biden stated on August 16, 2022 in remarks at the White House: The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.”
Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 24, 2022 in Twitter: "There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic."
Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter: The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”
Liberal Groups stated on June 2, 2022 in Public statement: "Milwaukee’s hotels and restaurants are already filled during the summer. The RNC convention will simply replace those who normally visit our city."
Lawrence Summers stated on June 17, 2022 in an interview with Barron's: “When you have unemployment below 4% and inflation above 4%, recession always follows within two years.”
Nancy Pelosi stated on May 15, 2022 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": “When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.”
Mike Gibbons stated on April 7, 2022 in an ad: "As Ohio treasurer, Josh Mandel loaned your money to Chinese business interests, and Mandel opposed a bill holding Communist China accountable when they cheated and stole American jobs."
Ron Klain stated on April 3, 2022 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created."
Mehmet Oz stated on March 17, 2022 in an ad: "David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia."
Ben Shapiro stated on March 1, 2022 in a YouTube video: "There is no evidence Biden’s spending produced one job. Nonpartisan projections for job growth in 2021, not including that American Rescue Plan, showed higher job growth than Biden produced.”
Jim Steineke stated on January 17, 2021 in a TV interview: Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature.
Facebook posts stated on May 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, “Minnesota now has the highest unemployment rate in U.S. history.”
Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2020 in social media: Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats”
Pete Buttigieg stated on February 22, 2020 in a speech: Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support."
Elizabeth Warren stated on December 10, 2019 in a policy white paper: "Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers."
Democratic National Committee stated on September 20, 2019 in a press release: Says Donald Trump is breaking a campaign pledge to bring manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania since the two states "have lost the most manufacturing jobs in the past year."
Kamala Harris stated on May 22, 2019 in an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert": "In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders stated on January 30, 2019 in a joint statement: Foxconn has already "made a positive impact across Wisconsin with more than 1,000 new jobs."
Ilhan Omar stated on February 7, 2019 in a congressional hearing: "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."
West Virginia Democratic Party stated on January 9, 2019 in a tweet: "FACT: Unemployment rate has not decreased since @WVGovernor took office."
Bernie Sanders stated on November 15, 2018 in Tweet announcing new bill: Says middle class taxpayers "subsidize Walmart’s horrendously low wages to the tune of at least $6.2 billion every year."
Mike DeWine stated on October 20, 2018 in an ad: "During the Strickland-Cordray era, taxes were raised by $800 million and Ohio lost 400,000 jobs."
Nancy Pelosi stated on July 26, 2018 in a tweet: "Between the first and second quarters of 2018 — after the tax cuts were enacted — real wages fell by 1.8 percent."
Matt Flynn stated on April 12, 2018 in a TV interview: Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud."