WASHINGTON (AP) — Rallying in swing state Wisconsin, President Trump misrepresented economic data to claim he's created a "blue collar boom" while Democrats vying to replace him cut some corners on the facts in their latest presidential debate.
Here's a look at some statements from both stages, in Milwaukee and Des Moines, Iowa.
TRUMP: "More than 300,000 people under Obama, 300,000 people, left the workforce. Under just three years of my administration, 3.5 million people have joined the workforce."
THE FACTS: Trump is wrong about Barack Obama’s record.
More than 5 million people joined the U.S. labor force during Obama's presidency, according to Labor Department figures. These gains reflect the recovery from the Great Recession as well as population growth. But Trump does have reason to celebrate as well. More than 4.8 million people have joined the labor force in just three years of his presidency.
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TRUMP: "Mexico's paying for the wall. ... You know that. It's all worked out."
THE FACTS: Mexico is not paying for Trump's long-promised border wall.
Trump has claimed that the updated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico will pay for the wall because of economic benefits he predicts will come from the deal. Nothing in the trade agreement would cover or refund the construction cost or require a payment from Mexico.
Instead, he is assuming a wide variety of economic benefits that can’t be quantified or counted on. For example, he has said the deal will dissuade some U.S. companies from moving operations to Mexico and he credits that possibility as a payment by Mexico.
The agreement preserves the existing liberalized environment of low or no tariffs among the United States, Mexico and Canada, with certain improvements for each country.
Although his 2016 campaign left open the possibility that Mexico might somehow contribute to the cost indirectly, Trump repeatedly roused his crowds with the straight-ahead promise: "I will have Mexico pay for that wall."
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JOE BIDEN: "I was a single parent too. When my wife and daughter were killed, my two boys I had to raise. I was a senator — a young senator — I just hadn't been sworn in yet. I was making $42,000 a year. I commuted every single solitary day to Wilmington, Delaware — over 500 miles a day, excuse me, 250 miles a day — because I could not afford ... child care. It was beyond my reach."
THE FACTS: Child care costs are burdensome for most working U.S. parents, but the former vice president wasn't quite as broke as claimed when suggesting he took the train back to Delaware because child care costs were too high.
A $42,000 salary might not sound like much today. In fact, Senate records show it was actually $42,500. But Biden joined the Senate after winning his seat in 1972. Adjusted for inflation, he was earning more than $256,000 in today's dollars. That is more than four times the median household income.
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BERNIE SANDERS: "Medicare for all ... will cost substantially less than the status quo."
THE FACTS: There is no guarantee that Medicare for All will cost less.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a report last year that total spending under a single-payer system such as Sanders is calling for "might be higher or lower than under the current system depending on the key features of the new system."