FACT CHECK: Trump Touts Low Unemployment Rates For African-Americans, Hispanics
Trump's numbers are right, but it's hard to make the case that he should get credit for them.
The job market is strong right now, with a 4.1 percent unemployment rate, and President Trump knows it. On Monday, he twice bragged about the latest jobs report, but he focused in on minorities in particular.
In the morning, he did it on Twitter, citing that black unemployment is "the lowest ever recorded in our country." And he jabbed: "Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"
And then at a speech to the American Farm Bureau Federation, he did it again, saying, "African-American unemployment is the lowest it's ever been in the history of our records."
This is the third time in as many days that the president has cited black unemployment figures. On Saturday, he also tweeted about the numbers.
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