Latest Half-True Fact-checks in Workers Rob Portman stated on October 17, 2016 in at a debate in Columbus, Ohio: Says Sen. Rob Portman says Ted Strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving Ohio for Washington. Roy Cooper stated on October 11, 2016 in a debate: "In 67 different ways, Governor McCrory has raised taxes on middle income families." Tim Kaine stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate: Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs." Tim Kaine stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate: "First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage." Deborah Ross stated on August 22, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says in Washington, D.C., Sen. Richard Burr "took millions from special interests, went there and cashed in, voted to cut (his) own taxes and raise taxes on working folks." Donald Trump stated on May 24, 2016 in an Instagram post: "Hypocrisy at the Clinton Foundation: Top male staff made on average $218,029 while top female staff made $153,014 from 2010-2014." Alan Grayson stated on April 25, 2016 in an Orlando debate: "There's only three countries in the entire world where there's no paid vacation by law, we happen to be one of them." Kiki Curls stated on April 4, 2016 in following a Missouri Senate Budget Committee hearing: Missouri "is the state with the lowest paid workers." Lee Camp stated on April 17, 2016 in an episode of "Redacted Tonight": "In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents." Bernie Sanders stated on March 19, 2016 in a TV ad : Says Bernie Sanders "fundamentally changed the lives" of Immokalee farm workers in Florida for the better. Hillary Clinton stated on February 12, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars." Bernie Sanders stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate on MSNBC: Americans "are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent." Bernie Sanders stated on February 1, 2016 in a political ad: "While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent." Hillary Clinton stated on November 14, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa: "Wages adjusted for inflation haven’t risen since the turn of the last century." Greg Abbott stated on February 17, 2014 in his State of the State address: "Texas has more full-time state employees per capita than California and Illinois." Tammy Baldwin stated on January 13, 2015 in a news release: Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires." Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on December 8, 2014 in an opinion piece: "Site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like Wisconsin in favor of Right to Work states like Iowa, Indiana and Michigan." Barack Obama stated on November 16, 2014 in a press conference after the G20 summit: "Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined." Jeanne Shaheen stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate: Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas." Mary Burke stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech: Says Scott Walker "gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce." Rick Scott stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate: "The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs." Barack Obama stated on October 3, 2014 in a speech in Princeton, Ind.: "The states that have raised the minimum wage (this year) have had faster job growth than the states that haven’t raised the minimum wage." Thom Tillis stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate: In North Carolina, "now we're near the national average" for unemployment. Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2014 in a Facebook meme: Countries with a higher minimum wage than the United States’ $7.25 an hour include Denmark at $21, Australia at $15.81, Germany at $11 and France at $12.35. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on August 18, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst "would privatize Social Security." Charlie Crist stated on April 25, 2014 in a post on his campaign website: Says Rick Scott’s record on jobs includes Florida "ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment." Kenneth Block stated on April 14, 2014 in a campaign website: In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each." Mark Warner stated on December 16, 2013 in an interview.: "The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America" Barack Obama stated on January 7, 2014 in a Facebook post: "Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012." Teresa Ghilarducci stated on December 15, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "Up": "A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year."
Rob Portman stated on October 17, 2016 in at a debate in Columbus, Ohio: Says Sen. Rob Portman says Ted Strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving Ohio for Washington. Roy Cooper stated on October 11, 2016 in a debate: "In 67 different ways, Governor McCrory has raised taxes on middle income families." Tim Kaine stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate: Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs." Tim Kaine stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate: "First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage." Deborah Ross stated on August 22, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says in Washington, D.C., Sen. Richard Burr "took millions from special interests, went there and cashed in, voted to cut (his) own taxes and raise taxes on working folks." Donald Trump stated on May 24, 2016 in an Instagram post: "Hypocrisy at the Clinton Foundation: Top male staff made on average $218,029 while top female staff made $153,014 from 2010-2014." Alan Grayson stated on April 25, 2016 in an Orlando debate: "There's only three countries in the entire world where there's no paid vacation by law, we happen to be one of them." Kiki Curls stated on April 4, 2016 in following a Missouri Senate Budget Committee hearing: Missouri "is the state with the lowest paid workers." Lee Camp stated on April 17, 2016 in an episode of "Redacted Tonight": "In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents." Bernie Sanders stated on March 19, 2016 in a TV ad : Says Bernie Sanders "fundamentally changed the lives" of Immokalee farm workers in Florida for the better. Hillary Clinton stated on February 12, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars." Bernie Sanders stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate on MSNBC: Americans "are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent." Bernie Sanders stated on February 1, 2016 in a political ad: "While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent." Hillary Clinton stated on November 14, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa: "Wages adjusted for inflation haven’t risen since the turn of the last century." Greg Abbott stated on February 17, 2014 in his State of the State address: "Texas has more full-time state employees per capita than California and Illinois." Tammy Baldwin stated on January 13, 2015 in a news release: Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires." Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on December 8, 2014 in an opinion piece: "Site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like Wisconsin in favor of Right to Work states like Iowa, Indiana and Michigan." Barack Obama stated on November 16, 2014 in a press conference after the G20 summit: "Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined." Jeanne Shaheen stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate: Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas." Mary Burke stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech: Says Scott Walker "gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce." Rick Scott stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate: "The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs." Barack Obama stated on October 3, 2014 in a speech in Princeton, Ind.: "The states that have raised the minimum wage (this year) have had faster job growth than the states that haven’t raised the minimum wage." Thom Tillis stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate: In North Carolina, "now we're near the national average" for unemployment. Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2014 in a Facebook meme: Countries with a higher minimum wage than the United States’ $7.25 an hour include Denmark at $21, Australia at $15.81, Germany at $11 and France at $12.35. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on August 18, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst "would privatize Social Security." Charlie Crist stated on April 25, 2014 in a post on his campaign website: Says Rick Scott’s record on jobs includes Florida "ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment." Kenneth Block stated on April 14, 2014 in a campaign website: In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each." Mark Warner stated on December 16, 2013 in an interview.: "The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America" Barack Obama stated on January 7, 2014 in a Facebook post: "Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012." Teresa Ghilarducci stated on December 15, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "Up": "A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year."
Rob Portman stated on October 17, 2016 in at a debate in Columbus, Ohio: Says Sen. Rob Portman says Ted Strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving Ohio for Washington.
Roy Cooper stated on October 11, 2016 in a debate: "In 67 different ways, Governor McCrory has raised taxes on middle income families."
Tim Kaine stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate: Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs."
Tim Kaine stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate: "First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage."
Deborah Ross stated on August 22, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says in Washington, D.C., Sen. Richard Burr "took millions from special interests, went there and cashed in, voted to cut (his) own taxes and raise taxes on working folks."
Donald Trump stated on May 24, 2016 in an Instagram post: "Hypocrisy at the Clinton Foundation: Top male staff made on average $218,029 while top female staff made $153,014 from 2010-2014."
Alan Grayson stated on April 25, 2016 in an Orlando debate: "There's only three countries in the entire world where there's no paid vacation by law, we happen to be one of them."
Kiki Curls stated on April 4, 2016 in following a Missouri Senate Budget Committee hearing: Missouri "is the state with the lowest paid workers."
Lee Camp stated on April 17, 2016 in an episode of "Redacted Tonight": "In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents."
Bernie Sanders stated on March 19, 2016 in a TV ad : Says Bernie Sanders "fundamentally changed the lives" of Immokalee farm workers in Florida for the better.
Hillary Clinton stated on February 12, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars."
Bernie Sanders stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate on MSNBC: Americans "are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent."
Bernie Sanders stated on February 1, 2016 in a political ad: "While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent."
Hillary Clinton stated on November 14, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa: "Wages adjusted for inflation haven’t risen since the turn of the last century."
Greg Abbott stated on February 17, 2014 in his State of the State address: "Texas has more full-time state employees per capita than California and Illinois."
Tammy Baldwin stated on January 13, 2015 in a news release: Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires."
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on December 8, 2014 in an opinion piece: "Site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like Wisconsin in favor of Right to Work states like Iowa, Indiana and Michigan."
Barack Obama stated on November 16, 2014 in a press conference after the G20 summit: "Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."
Jeanne Shaheen stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate: Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas."
Mary Burke stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech: Says Scott Walker "gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce."
Rick Scott stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate: "The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs."
Barack Obama stated on October 3, 2014 in a speech in Princeton, Ind.: "The states that have raised the minimum wage (this year) have had faster job growth than the states that haven’t raised the minimum wage."
Thom Tillis stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate: In North Carolina, "now we're near the national average" for unemployment.
Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2014 in a Facebook meme: Countries with a higher minimum wage than the United States’ $7.25 an hour include Denmark at $21, Australia at $15.81, Germany at $11 and France at $12.35.
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on August 18, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst "would privatize Social Security."
Charlie Crist stated on April 25, 2014 in a post on his campaign website: Says Rick Scott’s record on jobs includes Florida "ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment."
Kenneth Block stated on April 14, 2014 in a campaign website: In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each."
Mark Warner stated on December 16, 2013 in an interview.: "The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America"
Barack Obama stated on January 7, 2014 in a Facebook post: "Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012."
Teresa Ghilarducci stated on December 15, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "Up": "A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year."