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Donald Trump, President of the United States

“On new tariffs: "Reciprocal. That means they do it to us and we do it to them. Very simple. Can’t get any simpler than that.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: The White House divided the size of a country’s trade imbalance with the U.S. in goods by how much America imports in goods from that nation. Economists told us that’s not a legitimate way to calculate reciprocal tariff…

Rick Scott, U.S. Senator

“Well, first off, Donald Trump walked in with a crappy economy. The number of full-time jobs has been dropping almost the entire Biden administration.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: When Biden left office in January, the number of people usually working full time — meaning 35 hours or more a week — was almost 135.9 million. That was up 8.5% from about 125.2 million full-time workers when Biden beca…

Donald Trump, Former President of the United States

“We will frack, frack, frack and drill, baby, drill. ... I will cut your energy prices in half within 12 months.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Experts Doubt That

FactCheck.org says: Increasing oil and gas supply could bring down prices in the short term, if demand remains the same, but there are several complicating factors to that. Experts didn’t see a way for Trump to lower energy bills by 50%.

Byron Donalds, U.S. Representative, R-Fla.

“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.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: For both Black Americans overall and for Black men in particular, inflation-adjusted wages rose under President Donald Trump — but they rose about three times faster under President Joe Biden.

Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States

“Goldman Sachs, Moody's, Wharton School of Business and 16 Nobel laureates "have collectively determined" that her economic plan "would strengthen the economy" and former President Donald Trump's "would weaken it.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: Harris was mostly correct in her description of Moody's Analytics, the Financial Times survey and the 16 Nobel laureates. But she is wrong about the Wharton analysis and exaggerates what Goldman Sachs said.

Kamala Harris, Vice President

“Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: The specific projected dollar impact on consumers varies. Two estimates we found broadly support Harris’ $4,000 figure; two others show a smaller — though still significant — impact.

Donald Trump, Former President of the United States

“The Harris/Biden administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating job statistics. ... The new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the administration padded the numbers with an extra ... 818,000 jobs that don’t exist.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises its monthly employment figures, which come from a survey of employers, based on more comprehensive data it obtains later from state filings. It's a routine revision.

Tim Scott, U.S. Senator

“Under Donald Trump "we had the lowest unemployment rates for African Americans, for Hispanics, for Asians, a 70-year low for women.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: The lowest African American unemployment rate was under President Biden, and the lowest unemployment rate for Hispanics was the same under both presidents. Women also had their lowest rate since the 1950s under Biden.