Latest Half-True Fact-checks in Jobs Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes": "We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people." Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit: The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.” Nancy Pelosi stated on April 29, 2024 in an interview with MSNBC: Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on March 31, 2024 in a post on X: "The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs." Joe Biden stated on January 24, 2024 in a speech to the United Auto Workers: “Tens of thousands of auto jobs were lost nationwide during Trump's presidency,” but during Biden’s presidency, “we've created more than 250,000 auto jobs.” Nicole Malliotakis stated on July 14, 2023 in a radio interview: “You can work at some McDonald’s in this country for more money than … signing up for the military.” Tim Scott stated on May 22, 2023 in his presidential announcement speech: “The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.” Greg Abbott stated on February 16, 2023 in the State of the State speech: "Businesses large and small have led Texas to be ranked the number one state for business every year that I’ve been governor." Joe Biden stated on February 3, 2023 in a speech in Philadelphia: “We created more new jobs in two years than any president did in their entire term.” Joe Biden stated on January 25, 2023 in a tweet: “Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work needing unemployment benefits. Today, that number is under 1.6 million, the lowest in decades.” Joe Biden stated on January 12, 2023 in remarks at the White House: “Take-home pay for workers is going up.” Joe Biden stated on October 8, 2022 in an Instagram post: The Biden administration has “created” more than double the number of jobs per month, on average, than any other administration going back to George H.W. Bush. Cavalier Johnson stated on May 27, 2022 in News conference: The RNC is “a $200 million economic infusion into our communities.” Joe Biden stated on March 1, 2022 in his State of the Union address: “Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.” Ron Klain stated on November 7, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.” Ron DeSantis stated on October 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The nation reported adding 194,000 jobs in September, and Florida accounted for 84,500.” Joe Biden stated on October 21, 2021 in a town hall in Baltimore: “We’ve created more jobs in the first eight months of my administration than any president in American history — total number of jobs created.” Jennifer Granholm stated on September 8, 2021 in an interview on CNN: “West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.” Gwen Moore stated on September 3, 2021 in Twitter: “President Biden has created more jobs in his first 7 months than any POTUS in history.” Kurt Bauer stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview: “We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.” Joe Biden stated on July 2, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “We have now created over 3 million jobs since I took office, more jobs than have ever been created in the first five months of any presidency in modern history.” Adriano Espaillat stated on June 8, 2021 in a Tweet: “40% of jobs in this country pay less than the average unemployment check of $750/week.” Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on March 9, 2021 in Twitter: “Right to Work states have: faster private sector employment growth” Amy Pechacek stated on December 20, 2020 in News release: “We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.” Tony Evers stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech: "The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.” Kevin Brady stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs. Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2021 in an image: "By revoking the Keystone pipeline permit, Biden is destroying 11,000 jobs.” Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2020 in a video in a tweet: Says Donald Trump is “the worst jobs president in recorded history." Joe Biden stated on September 7, 2020 in a Labor Day event: Says Donald Trump “let federal contractors double offshoring jobs in his first 18 months in office.” Chris Kapenga stated on June 21, 2020 in a radio interview: The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog.
Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes": "We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people." Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit: The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.” Nancy Pelosi stated on April 29, 2024 in an interview with MSNBC: Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on March 31, 2024 in a post on X: "The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs." Joe Biden stated on January 24, 2024 in a speech to the United Auto Workers: “Tens of thousands of auto jobs were lost nationwide during Trump's presidency,” but during Biden’s presidency, “we've created more than 250,000 auto jobs.” Nicole Malliotakis stated on July 14, 2023 in a radio interview: “You can work at some McDonald’s in this country for more money than … signing up for the military.” Tim Scott stated on May 22, 2023 in his presidential announcement speech: “The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.” Greg Abbott stated on February 16, 2023 in the State of the State speech: "Businesses large and small have led Texas to be ranked the number one state for business every year that I’ve been governor." Joe Biden stated on February 3, 2023 in a speech in Philadelphia: “We created more new jobs in two years than any president did in their entire term.” Joe Biden stated on January 25, 2023 in a tweet: “Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work needing unemployment benefits. Today, that number is under 1.6 million, the lowest in decades.” Joe Biden stated on January 12, 2023 in remarks at the White House: “Take-home pay for workers is going up.” Joe Biden stated on October 8, 2022 in an Instagram post: The Biden administration has “created” more than double the number of jobs per month, on average, than any other administration going back to George H.W. Bush. Cavalier Johnson stated on May 27, 2022 in News conference: The RNC is “a $200 million economic infusion into our communities.” Joe Biden stated on March 1, 2022 in his State of the Union address: “Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.” Ron Klain stated on November 7, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.” Ron DeSantis stated on October 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The nation reported adding 194,000 jobs in September, and Florida accounted for 84,500.” Joe Biden stated on October 21, 2021 in a town hall in Baltimore: “We’ve created more jobs in the first eight months of my administration than any president in American history — total number of jobs created.” Jennifer Granholm stated on September 8, 2021 in an interview on CNN: “West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.” Gwen Moore stated on September 3, 2021 in Twitter: “President Biden has created more jobs in his first 7 months than any POTUS in history.” Kurt Bauer stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview: “We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.” Joe Biden stated on July 2, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “We have now created over 3 million jobs since I took office, more jobs than have ever been created in the first five months of any presidency in modern history.” Adriano Espaillat stated on June 8, 2021 in a Tweet: “40% of jobs in this country pay less than the average unemployment check of $750/week.” Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on March 9, 2021 in Twitter: “Right to Work states have: faster private sector employment growth” Amy Pechacek stated on December 20, 2020 in News release: “We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.” Tony Evers stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech: "The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.” Kevin Brady stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs. Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2021 in an image: "By revoking the Keystone pipeline permit, Biden is destroying 11,000 jobs.” Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2020 in a video in a tweet: Says Donald Trump is “the worst jobs president in recorded history." Joe Biden stated on September 7, 2020 in a Labor Day event: Says Donald Trump “let federal contractors double offshoring jobs in his first 18 months in office.” Chris Kapenga stated on June 21, 2020 in a radio interview: The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog.
Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes": "We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people."
Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit: The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”
Nancy Pelosi stated on April 29, 2024 in an interview with MSNBC: Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on March 31, 2024 in a post on X: "The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs."
Joe Biden stated on January 24, 2024 in a speech to the United Auto Workers: “Tens of thousands of auto jobs were lost nationwide during Trump's presidency,” but during Biden’s presidency, “we've created more than 250,000 auto jobs.”
Nicole Malliotakis stated on July 14, 2023 in a radio interview: “You can work at some McDonald’s in this country for more money than … signing up for the military.”
Tim Scott stated on May 22, 2023 in his presidential announcement speech: “The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.”
Greg Abbott stated on February 16, 2023 in the State of the State speech: "Businesses large and small have led Texas to be ranked the number one state for business every year that I’ve been governor."
Joe Biden stated on February 3, 2023 in a speech in Philadelphia: “We created more new jobs in two years than any president did in their entire term.”
Joe Biden stated on January 25, 2023 in a tweet: “Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work needing unemployment benefits. Today, that number is under 1.6 million, the lowest in decades.”
Joe Biden stated on January 12, 2023 in remarks at the White House: “Take-home pay for workers is going up.”
Joe Biden stated on October 8, 2022 in an Instagram post: The Biden administration has “created” more than double the number of jobs per month, on average, than any other administration going back to George H.W. Bush.
Cavalier Johnson stated on May 27, 2022 in News conference: The RNC is “a $200 million economic infusion into our communities.”
Joe Biden stated on March 1, 2022 in his State of the Union address: “Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.”
Ron Klain stated on November 7, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.”
Ron DeSantis stated on October 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The nation reported adding 194,000 jobs in September, and Florida accounted for 84,500.”
Joe Biden stated on October 21, 2021 in a town hall in Baltimore: “We’ve created more jobs in the first eight months of my administration than any president in American history — total number of jobs created.”
Jennifer Granholm stated on September 8, 2021 in an interview on CNN: “West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.”
Gwen Moore stated on September 3, 2021 in Twitter: “President Biden has created more jobs in his first 7 months than any POTUS in history.”
Kurt Bauer stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview: “We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.”
Joe Biden stated on July 2, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “We have now created over 3 million jobs since I took office, more jobs than have ever been created in the first five months of any presidency in modern history.”
Adriano Espaillat stated on June 8, 2021 in a Tweet: “40% of jobs in this country pay less than the average unemployment check of $750/week.”
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on March 9, 2021 in Twitter: “Right to Work states have: faster private sector employment growth”
Amy Pechacek stated on December 20, 2020 in News release: “We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.”
Tony Evers stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech: "The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.”
Kevin Brady stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs.
Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2021 in an image: "By revoking the Keystone pipeline permit, Biden is destroying 11,000 jobs.”
Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2020 in a video in a tweet: Says Donald Trump is “the worst jobs president in recorded history."
Joe Biden stated on September 7, 2020 in a Labor Day event: Says Donald Trump “let federal contractors double offshoring jobs in his first 18 months in office.”
Chris Kapenga stated on June 21, 2020 in a radio interview: The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog.
