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Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting “The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.” X posts stated on February 16, 2025 in an X post The federal workforce grew from 2.1 to 3 million under President Joe Biden, “a 46% increase since Biden took office.” Mike Johnson stated on December 5, 2024 in remarks to reporters About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.” Byron Donalds stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" “Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.” Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes" "Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations." 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." New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.” Tim Walz stated on September 21, 2024 in an event in Bethlehem, Pa. “The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.” JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" “Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.” Joe Biden stated on June 4, 2024 in an interview with Time magazine “Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation. Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2024 in a fundraising event in Seattle "China's in a situation where they have more retired than working." Lisa Subeck stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter “The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.” Scott Walker stated on March 3, 2024 in TV interview “We just had 100% increase in layoffs.” Carl Weisbrod stated on March 3, 2024 in an op-ed “The average commute time for people who drive to work in (New York City) is 43 minutes, the longest in the nation.” Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a rally in Rome, Georgia "In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared." Donald Trump stated on February 17, 2024 in a rally “The biggest threat to your unions is millions of people coming across the border, because you're not gonna have your jobs anymore.” Linda Rosenthal stated on February 6, 2024 in a quote in a news article “Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft. Nikki Haley stated on January 2, 2024 in a town hall in Rye, N.H. “Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID." Joe Biden stated on July 28, 2023 in a speech in Maine "Wages are up after being adjusted for inflation." Kevin McCarthy stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday" "Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.” Load more
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting “The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.”
X posts stated on February 16, 2025 in an X post The federal workforce grew from 2.1 to 3 million under President Joe Biden, “a 46% increase since Biden took office.”
Mike Johnson stated on December 5, 2024 in remarks to reporters About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.”
Byron Donalds stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" “Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.”
Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes" "Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations."
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."
New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.”
Tim Walz stated on September 21, 2024 in an event in Bethlehem, Pa. “The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.”
JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" “Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.”
Joe Biden stated on June 4, 2024 in an interview with Time magazine “Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation.
Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2024 in a fundraising event in Seattle "China's in a situation where they have more retired than working."
Lisa Subeck stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter “The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.”
Carl Weisbrod stated on March 3, 2024 in an op-ed “The average commute time for people who drive to work in (New York City) is 43 minutes, the longest in the nation.”
Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a rally in Rome, Georgia "In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."
Donald Trump stated on February 17, 2024 in a rally “The biggest threat to your unions is millions of people coming across the border, because you're not gonna have your jobs anymore.”
Linda Rosenthal stated on February 6, 2024 in a quote in a news article “Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft.
Nikki Haley stated on January 2, 2024 in a town hall in Rye, N.H. “Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID."
Joe Biden stated on July 28, 2023 in a speech in Maine "Wages are up after being adjusted for inflation."
Kevin McCarthy stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday" "Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”
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