President Trump often takes credit for a decline in the unemployment rate for African Americans. (Joy Yi, Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)
“Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!”
— President Trump, in a tweet, Jan. 28, 2018
“African American unemployment has reached its lowest rate ever recorded — ever! Ever! Remember ‘What do you have to lose?’ What do you have to lose, right? ‘What do you have to lose?’ I said.”
— Trump, at a campaign rally in Southaven, Miss., Oct. 2, 2018 Continue reading “Trump’s outdated spin on the black unemployment rate”