Latest Half-True Fact-checks in Jobs Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Non-essential people get to file for unemployment and make two to three times more than normal,” but essential workers still on the job get no pay raise. Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?” Gwen Moore stated on February 14, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Donald “Trump promised 13,000 new jobs to the people of #Wisconsin. 3 years later, we’re still waiting…” Glenn Grothman stated on January 16, 2020 in a tweet: "In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada." Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2020 in comments at a campaign rally: "Earnings for the bottom 10% are rising faster than earnings for the top 10%.” Brian Kolb stated on September 24, 2019 in a Tweet: The Buffalo Billion is "still breaking every job promise" Tom Steyer stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate: "People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years." Florida Democratic Party stated on June 17, 2019 in a press release: The Trump administration has denied "4.2 million American workers overtime." Cheri Toalson Reisch stated on April 1, 2019 in in the state House during discussion of a criminal justice bill: "We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers." West Virginia Republican Party stated on February 6, 2019 in a tweet: "We have more women in the workforce than ever before." Matthew Dowd stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet: "Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama." Bernie Sanders stated on February 26, 2019 in a tweet: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce." Christine Lagarde stated on December 9, 2018 in an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation: "In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent." Josh Hawley stated on October 25, 2018 in a debate: Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town." Kanye West stated on October 11, 2018 in remarks at the White House: In Wisconsin, Foxconn has "4,000 jobs, people making $53,000 a year." Bloggers stated on August 22, 2018 in a blog post: "Omarosa Exposed: Turns out she was actually working for Hillary" Unite Here Florida PAC stated on August 16, 2018 in a TV ad: "Gwen Graham owns a $14 million stake in her family’s company that’s behind the American Dream Mall. ... While Graham and her family will make millions, Florida will be stuck with poverty wage jobs, endangered wildlife and massive traffic congestion." Mitch McConnell stated on June 4, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: "The bottom line is clear: Under the policies of this unified Republican government, American workers, families, and business owners are achieving economic growth that is unmatched in recent memory. … More than 1 million new jobs have been created just since we passed tax reform last December." Tennessee Republican Party stated on May 23, 2018 in a Republican party blog post: "While Phil Bredesen was in the governor’s office, the number of Tennesseans on unemployment nearly doubled." Bruce Rauner stated on May 11, 2018 in a policy forum: "There’s more union jobs growing in Texas, which is a right-to-work state, than in Illinois, and factory workers make more money in Texas than they do in Illinois." Adam Putnam stated on May 5, 2018 in a Republican candidate forum: "Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures." Scott Walker stated on April 4, 2018 in a tweet: "Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!" Rebecca Kleefisch stated on December 21, 2017 in radio interview: "We have roughly between 85,000 (and) 95,000 open jobs in Wisconsin." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers." Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2018 in a tweet: "Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!" Donald Trump stated on January 16, 2018 in a speech at a women's event in Washington: "Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan." Democratic National Committee stated on January 16, 2018 in a Medium post: "In Trump’s first year as president, job growth slowed to a six-year low." Andy Gronik stated on August 27, 2017 in an email: "Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make." Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2017 in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly: "Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time." Andy Gronik stated on September 5, 2017 in an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin is "guaranteeing Foxconn almost $3 billion, but Foxconn is not contractually guaranteeing how many full-time employees it will hire, for how long and at what pay."
Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Non-essential people get to file for unemployment and make two to three times more than normal,” but essential workers still on the job get no pay raise. Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?” Gwen Moore stated on February 14, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Donald “Trump promised 13,000 new jobs to the people of #Wisconsin. 3 years later, we’re still waiting…” Glenn Grothman stated on January 16, 2020 in a tweet: "In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada." Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2020 in comments at a campaign rally: "Earnings for the bottom 10% are rising faster than earnings for the top 10%.” Brian Kolb stated on September 24, 2019 in a Tweet: The Buffalo Billion is "still breaking every job promise" Tom Steyer stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate: "People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years." Florida Democratic Party stated on June 17, 2019 in a press release: The Trump administration has denied "4.2 million American workers overtime." Cheri Toalson Reisch stated on April 1, 2019 in in the state House during discussion of a criminal justice bill: "We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers." West Virginia Republican Party stated on February 6, 2019 in a tweet: "We have more women in the workforce than ever before." Matthew Dowd stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet: "Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama." Bernie Sanders stated on February 26, 2019 in a tweet: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce." Christine Lagarde stated on December 9, 2018 in an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation: "In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent." Josh Hawley stated on October 25, 2018 in a debate: Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town." Kanye West stated on October 11, 2018 in remarks at the White House: In Wisconsin, Foxconn has "4,000 jobs, people making $53,000 a year." Bloggers stated on August 22, 2018 in a blog post: "Omarosa Exposed: Turns out she was actually working for Hillary" Unite Here Florida PAC stated on August 16, 2018 in a TV ad: "Gwen Graham owns a $14 million stake in her family’s company that’s behind the American Dream Mall. ... While Graham and her family will make millions, Florida will be stuck with poverty wage jobs, endangered wildlife and massive traffic congestion." Mitch McConnell stated on June 4, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: "The bottom line is clear: Under the policies of this unified Republican government, American workers, families, and business owners are achieving economic growth that is unmatched in recent memory. … More than 1 million new jobs have been created just since we passed tax reform last December." Tennessee Republican Party stated on May 23, 2018 in a Republican party blog post: "While Phil Bredesen was in the governor’s office, the number of Tennesseans on unemployment nearly doubled." Bruce Rauner stated on May 11, 2018 in a policy forum: "There’s more union jobs growing in Texas, which is a right-to-work state, than in Illinois, and factory workers make more money in Texas than they do in Illinois." Adam Putnam stated on May 5, 2018 in a Republican candidate forum: "Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures." Scott Walker stated on April 4, 2018 in a tweet: "Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!" Rebecca Kleefisch stated on December 21, 2017 in radio interview: "We have roughly between 85,000 (and) 95,000 open jobs in Wisconsin." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers." Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2018 in a tweet: "Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!" Donald Trump stated on January 16, 2018 in a speech at a women's event in Washington: "Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan." Democratic National Committee stated on January 16, 2018 in a Medium post: "In Trump’s first year as president, job growth slowed to a six-year low." Andy Gronik stated on August 27, 2017 in an email: "Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make." Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2017 in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly: "Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time." Andy Gronik stated on September 5, 2017 in an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin is "guaranteeing Foxconn almost $3 billion, but Foxconn is not contractually guaranteeing how many full-time employees it will hire, for how long and at what pay."
Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Non-essential people get to file for unemployment and make two to three times more than normal,” but essential workers still on the job get no pay raise.
Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?”
Gwen Moore stated on February 14, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Donald “Trump promised 13,000 new jobs to the people of #Wisconsin. 3 years later, we’re still waiting…”
Glenn Grothman stated on January 16, 2020 in a tweet: "In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada."
Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2020 in comments at a campaign rally: "Earnings for the bottom 10% are rising faster than earnings for the top 10%.”
Brian Kolb stated on September 24, 2019 in a Tweet: The Buffalo Billion is "still breaking every job promise"
Tom Steyer stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate: "People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years."
Florida Democratic Party stated on June 17, 2019 in a press release: The Trump administration has denied "4.2 million American workers overtime."
Cheri Toalson Reisch stated on April 1, 2019 in in the state House during discussion of a criminal justice bill: "We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers."
West Virginia Republican Party stated on February 6, 2019 in a tweet: "We have more women in the workforce than ever before."
Matthew Dowd stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet: "Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."
Bernie Sanders stated on February 26, 2019 in a tweet: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce."
Christine Lagarde stated on December 9, 2018 in an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation: "In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent."
Josh Hawley stated on October 25, 2018 in a debate: Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town."
Kanye West stated on October 11, 2018 in remarks at the White House: In Wisconsin, Foxconn has "4,000 jobs, people making $53,000 a year."
Bloggers stated on August 22, 2018 in a blog post: "Omarosa Exposed: Turns out she was actually working for Hillary"
Unite Here Florida PAC stated on August 16, 2018 in a TV ad: "Gwen Graham owns a $14 million stake in her family’s company that’s behind the American Dream Mall. ... While Graham and her family will make millions, Florida will be stuck with poverty wage jobs, endangered wildlife and massive traffic congestion."
Mitch McConnell stated on June 4, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: "The bottom line is clear: Under the policies of this unified Republican government, American workers, families, and business owners are achieving economic growth that is unmatched in recent memory. … More than 1 million new jobs have been created just since we passed tax reform last December."
Tennessee Republican Party stated on May 23, 2018 in a Republican party blog post: "While Phil Bredesen was in the governor’s office, the number of Tennesseans on unemployment nearly doubled."
Bruce Rauner stated on May 11, 2018 in a policy forum: "There’s more union jobs growing in Texas, which is a right-to-work state, than in Illinois, and factory workers make more money in Texas than they do in Illinois."
Adam Putnam stated on May 5, 2018 in a Republican candidate forum: "Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures."
Scott Walker stated on April 4, 2018 in a tweet: "Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!"
Rebecca Kleefisch stated on December 21, 2017 in radio interview: "We have roughly between 85,000 (and) 95,000 open jobs in Wisconsin."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers."
Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2018 in a tweet: "Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"
Donald Trump stated on January 16, 2018 in a speech at a women's event in Washington: "Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."
Democratic National Committee stated on January 16, 2018 in a Medium post: "In Trump’s first year as president, job growth slowed to a six-year low."
Andy Gronik stated on August 27, 2017 in an email: "Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make."
Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2017 in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly: "Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time."
Andy Gronik stated on September 5, 2017 in an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin is "guaranteeing Foxconn almost $3 billion, but Foxconn is not contractually guaranteeing how many full-time employees it will hire, for how long and at what pay."
