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6 LIES AND TRUTHS ABOUT BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT UNDER TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION
Nationwide (SOURCE: BlackJobs.com) -- Since taking over the White House, President Donald Trump has had a lot to say about Black unemployment rates in the country. Some of what he has said has been true, some of it has been completely false, and some of it was true at one point but has since changed.
Here are 6 factors to consider about Trump's claims about Black unemployment:
#1 - During Obama's last month in office in January 2017, the Black unemployment rate was 7.8 percent. When Trump took office, he says that number dropped to 6.6 percent by July 2017. The Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed this. So, this was true.
#2 - In 2018, Trump tried to completely discredit former President Obama by saying that the economy added only 195,000 jobs for African-Americans under Obama's administration. However, according to The New York Times, during Obama's 8 years in office, he added about three million jobs. So, this was a lie.
#3 - In 2018, Trump's White House Secretary, Sarah Sanders, said that had so far added 700,000 new jobs had been created for African Americans during his administration. This was true.
