Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Workers Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Gina Raimondo stated on August 26, 2014 in a debate: "The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office." Don Beyer stated on August 25, 2014 in a web post.: "The United States is the only industrialized country that does not guarantee paid time off to care for a new child." Facebook posts stated on August 7, 2014 in a meme on social media: "In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice." Seth Magaziner stated on July 13, 2014 in a debate on WPRI-TV: Rhode Island's state pension system "underperformed the median three out of the four years that Mr. [Frank] Caprio was in office." Bruce Braley stated on July 29, 2014: Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst does not support "a national minimum wage." Scott Walker stated on July 22, 2014 in a campaign TV ad: "(Mary) Burke’s company," Trek Bicycles, "makes 99% of their bikes overseas." Allan Fung stated on June 26, 2014 in a letter to taxpayers: Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs." Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in an op-ed for Huffington Post: "The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave." Mary Burke stated on June 18, 2014 in a speech: "The typical Wisconsin worker makes $5,000 less each year than our neighbors in Minnesota" under Gov. Scott Walker’s policies. Wendy Davis stated on March 10, 2014 in a tweet: Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas." Steve McQueen stated on March 2, 2014 in an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards: Says 21 million people "still suffer slavery today." Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy stated on February 4, 2014 in a hearing.: "In 1968, a full-time worker earning minimum wage, could actually support a family of three above the poverty line. Today, that same worker would earn less than the poverty line for a family of two." Mark Obenshain stated on February 11, 2014 in a floor debate.: "There are 4.7 percent of Virginians who are minimum wage earners who are over 25 years of age working full-time and trying to raise a family." Barack Obama stated on January 30, 2014 in a speech: "Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade." Daniel Harrop stated on December 15, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's Newsmakers: "We see a quarter-billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion." Thomas Perez stated on February 4, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "If you have a union job, you're making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, you're making $750 a week." Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address: "The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress. Rana Foroohar stated on January 10, 2014 in a CNN interview: "The median male worker in this country has not seen a raise, inflation adjusted, for 30 years, basically." Steve Southerland stated on January 12, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "If you have a job in this country, (there's a) 97 percent chance that you're not going to be in poverty." Rand Paul stated on January 5, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "There are many studies that indicate" that the longer people get unemployment insurance, "it provides some disincentive to work." James Carville stated on December 8, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "One-third of all bank tellers (are) on public assistance." Rob Portman stated on December 8, 2013 in an interview on ABC’s "This Week": "About 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage." Allan Fung stated on November 4, 2013 in a campaign speech: "We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000." Bill Maher stated on October 25, 2013 in comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": The average fast food worker is 29, and most fast food workers "are on some form of public assistance." Rick Perry stated on September 18, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "Crossfire": "Ninety-five percent of all the wages in Texas are above minimum wage." Barack Obama stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech in Galesburg, Ill.: The minimum wage is "lower right now than it was when Ronald Reagan took office." Stephen Sweeney stated on June 1, 2013 in an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program: "People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them." Family Forward Oregon stated on May 8, 2013 in a flier: Says paid family leave is "a program that is standard in all but five nations around the world." Ed FitzGerald stated on April 24, 2013 in a campaign speech: "Just about everyone everywhere is spending more hours on the job, less time with their families, bringing home smaller and smaller paychecks, while they're paying more and more at the gas pump and the grocery stores." Marcia Fudge stated on April 9, 2013 in a Facebook posting: "Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."
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Gina Raimondo stated on August 26, 2014 in a debate: "The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office." Don Beyer stated on August 25, 2014 in a web post.: "The United States is the only industrialized country that does not guarantee paid time off to care for a new child." Facebook posts stated on August 7, 2014 in a meme on social media: "In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice." Seth Magaziner stated on July 13, 2014 in a debate on WPRI-TV: Rhode Island's state pension system "underperformed the median three out of the four years that Mr. [Frank] Caprio was in office." Bruce Braley stated on July 29, 2014: Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst does not support "a national minimum wage." Scott Walker stated on July 22, 2014 in a campaign TV ad: "(Mary) Burke’s company," Trek Bicycles, "makes 99% of their bikes overseas." Allan Fung stated on June 26, 2014 in a letter to taxpayers: Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs." Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in an op-ed for Huffington Post: "The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave." Mary Burke stated on June 18, 2014 in a speech: "The typical Wisconsin worker makes $5,000 less each year than our neighbors in Minnesota" under Gov. Scott Walker’s policies. Wendy Davis stated on March 10, 2014 in a tweet: Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas." Steve McQueen stated on March 2, 2014 in an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards: Says 21 million people "still suffer slavery today." Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy stated on February 4, 2014 in a hearing.: "In 1968, a full-time worker earning minimum wage, could actually support a family of three above the poverty line. Today, that same worker would earn less than the poverty line for a family of two." Mark Obenshain stated on February 11, 2014 in a floor debate.: "There are 4.7 percent of Virginians who are minimum wage earners who are over 25 years of age working full-time and trying to raise a family." Barack Obama stated on January 30, 2014 in a speech: "Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade." Daniel Harrop stated on December 15, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's Newsmakers: "We see a quarter-billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion." Thomas Perez stated on February 4, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "If you have a union job, you're making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, you're making $750 a week." Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address: "The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress. Rana Foroohar stated on January 10, 2014 in a CNN interview: "The median male worker in this country has not seen a raise, inflation adjusted, for 30 years, basically." Steve Southerland stated on January 12, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "If you have a job in this country, (there's a) 97 percent chance that you're not going to be in poverty." Rand Paul stated on January 5, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "There are many studies that indicate" that the longer people get unemployment insurance, "it provides some disincentive to work." James Carville stated on December 8, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "One-third of all bank tellers (are) on public assistance." Rob Portman stated on December 8, 2013 in an interview on ABC’s "This Week": "About 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage." Allan Fung stated on November 4, 2013 in a campaign speech: "We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000." Bill Maher stated on October 25, 2013 in comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": The average fast food worker is 29, and most fast food workers "are on some form of public assistance." Rick Perry stated on September 18, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "Crossfire": "Ninety-five percent of all the wages in Texas are above minimum wage." Barack Obama stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech in Galesburg, Ill.: The minimum wage is "lower right now than it was when Ronald Reagan took office." Stephen Sweeney stated on June 1, 2013 in an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program: "People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them." Family Forward Oregon stated on May 8, 2013 in a flier: Says paid family leave is "a program that is standard in all but five nations around the world." Ed FitzGerald stated on April 24, 2013 in a campaign speech: "Just about everyone everywhere is spending more hours on the job, less time with their families, bringing home smaller and smaller paychecks, while they're paying more and more at the gas pump and the grocery stores." Marcia Fudge stated on April 9, 2013 in a Facebook posting: "Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."
Gina Raimondo stated on August 26, 2014 in a debate: "The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office."
Don Beyer stated on August 25, 2014 in a web post.: "The United States is the only industrialized country that does not guarantee paid time off to care for a new child."
Facebook posts stated on August 7, 2014 in a meme on social media: "In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice."
Seth Magaziner stated on July 13, 2014 in a debate on WPRI-TV: Rhode Island's state pension system "underperformed the median three out of the four years that Mr. [Frank] Caprio was in office."
Bruce Braley stated on July 29, 2014: Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst does not support "a national minimum wage."
Scott Walker stated on July 22, 2014 in a campaign TV ad: "(Mary) Burke’s company," Trek Bicycles, "makes 99% of their bikes overseas."
Allan Fung stated on June 26, 2014 in a letter to taxpayers: Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs."
Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in an op-ed for Huffington Post: "The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave."
Mary Burke stated on June 18, 2014 in a speech: "The typical Wisconsin worker makes $5,000 less each year than our neighbors in Minnesota" under Gov. Scott Walker’s policies.
Wendy Davis stated on March 10, 2014 in a tweet: Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas."
Steve McQueen stated on March 2, 2014 in an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards: Says 21 million people "still suffer slavery today."
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy stated on February 4, 2014 in a hearing.: "In 1968, a full-time worker earning minimum wage, could actually support a family of three above the poverty line. Today, that same worker would earn less than the poverty line for a family of two."
Mark Obenshain stated on February 11, 2014 in a floor debate.: "There are 4.7 percent of Virginians who are minimum wage earners who are over 25 years of age working full-time and trying to raise a family."
Barack Obama stated on January 30, 2014 in a speech: "Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade."
Daniel Harrop stated on December 15, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's Newsmakers: "We see a quarter-billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion."
Thomas Perez stated on February 4, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "If you have a union job, you're making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, you're making $750 a week."
Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address: "The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress.
Rana Foroohar stated on January 10, 2014 in a CNN interview: "The median male worker in this country has not seen a raise, inflation adjusted, for 30 years, basically."
Steve Southerland stated on January 12, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "If you have a job in this country, (there's a) 97 percent chance that you're not going to be in poverty."
Rand Paul stated on January 5, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "There are many studies that indicate" that the longer people get unemployment insurance, "it provides some disincentive to work."
James Carville stated on December 8, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "One-third of all bank tellers (are) on public assistance."
Rob Portman stated on December 8, 2013 in an interview on ABC’s "This Week": "About 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage."
Allan Fung stated on November 4, 2013 in a campaign speech: "We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000."
Bill Maher stated on October 25, 2013 in comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": The average fast food worker is 29, and most fast food workers "are on some form of public assistance."
Rick Perry stated on September 18, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "Crossfire": "Ninety-five percent of all the wages in Texas are above minimum wage."
Barack Obama stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech in Galesburg, Ill.: The minimum wage is "lower right now than it was when Ronald Reagan took office."
Stephen Sweeney stated on June 1, 2013 in an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program: "People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them."
Family Forward Oregon stated on May 8, 2013 in a flier: Says paid family leave is "a program that is standard in all but five nations around the world."
Ed FitzGerald stated on April 24, 2013 in a campaign speech: "Just about everyone everywhere is spending more hours on the job, less time with their families, bringing home smaller and smaller paychecks, while they're paying more and more at the gas pump and the grocery stores."
Marcia Fudge stated on April 9, 2013 in a Facebook posting: "Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."
