“The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.”
What PolitiFact found
Male labor force participation rates have been falling consistently for decades, but they have been roughly flat for the past dozen years and have rebounded since the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tim Scott (U.S. Senator, R-S.C.) made this claim around 22 May 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 May 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Tim Scott has 15 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ulD5QzEZw
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