Bill Clinton

“Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, America has created about 51 million new jobs. ... What’s the score? Democrats 50, Republicans 1.”

FactCheck.org says: The stat checks out, but it’s a bit cherry-picked and is greatly influenced by factors outside a president’s control.

“Since the end of the Cold War, in 1989, America has created about 51 million new jobs. … What’s the score? Democrats 50 (million), Republicans 1 (million).”

PolitiFact says: The number of jobs created from 1989 through March 2024 was 50.6 million. Of that number, a bit over 1 million, or about 2.6%, were created during the Republican presidencies.

“We have just 4% of the world’s population — 25% of the world’s cases.”

PolitiFact says: There are about 22 million global cases of COVID-19 as of Aug. 18, including almost 5.5 million cases in the U.S. That works out to about 25% of the world’s cases. The U.S. represents about 4% of the world's population.

“The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began.”

PolitiFact says: Clinton was accurate for the broadest comparison, which includes a 20-nation selection of OECD nations between January 2020 and June 2020. The rate in the U.S. was 3.1 times higher in June than in January.

“The U.S. is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

FactCheck.org says: The U.S. counts a laid-off worker as “unemployed” even if the layoff is expected to be temporary — while many other countries do not.

“After (the assault weapon ban) passed in 1994, there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When the ban expired, they rose again.”

“After they [assault weapons ban] passed in 1994, there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When the ban expired, they rose again. We must act now.”