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Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

“The Investments Promotion Agencies approved almost P1.7 trillion in investments in various sectors in 2023, which are expected to create 108, 000 jobs.”

Vera Files rated this: Misleading

Vera Files says: Approved investments are pledges or commitments by Filipino or foreign investors. Not all approved investments materialize. These go through a gestation period from approval to the time a business is established and del…

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.

Jesse Watters, Fox news host

“As Perry [Iowa] residents struggle to cope with mass layoffs, Tyson Foods has its eyes on a different class of workers. The company is now offering new jobs to asylum seekers in other states …. They’re firing Americans and offering perks to illegals. This was the Democrat plan all along.”

Washington Post rated this: False

Washington Post says: Watters took discrete events and conjured a false narrative suggesting that U.S. citizens were being fired in Iowa in exchange for illegal immigrants being hired in New York.