PolitiFact R.I. rules Raimondo statement on pay gap between men and women Half True

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In anticipation of Equal Pay Day on April 9, Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo sent out a tweet declaring, "Women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men."

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It sounds very unfair, and the statistic has become an oft-repeated rallying cry for wage equity.

But PolitiFact and other fact-checkers have found that the statistic, in many contexts, is misleading. In this context, PolitiFact Rhode Island ruled Raimondo's statement Half True. Read the complete analysis here.