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Checked by PolitiFact31 Jul 2024United States Health

Pete Buttigieg, Transportation secretary

“Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: There is no official definition of a "recession" in one sector, but data on manufacturing employment and output shows a downturn beginning in 2019 and lasting through the pandemic's onset.

Checked by PolitiFact19 Feb 2020United States Health

Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator, I-Vt.

“Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True