Lee Fisher: "the one who actually sucked the jobs out of the (Mahoning) Valley and sent them to China"

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the one who actually sucked the jobs out of the (Mahoning) Valley and sent them to China

Lee Fisher · Campaign trail comment on trade and manufacturing jobs, per PolitiFact. · August 2010 · U.S. Senator from Ohio

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False

PolitiFact, August 25, 2010 · read the check

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The record does not settle it

Checked against No record can settle this sentence: it attributes job losses in one region to one official, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts jobs, not why they moved.

The record: State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings (CES), series SMS39000000000000001 (Ohio, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted)

Context

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Topics: Trade, Jobs.

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Lee Fisher says Rob Portman 'actually sucked the jobs' out of Ohio · PolitiFact · 2010-08-25 · accessed 2026-09-21
State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings (CES), series SMS39000000000000001 (Ohio, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · accessed 2026-10-15

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