“A year ago we had the lowest unemployment in history without using taxpayers money.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 25 Apr 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A year before the post, in April 2020, the unemployment rate was 14.7%, the highest on record, not the lowest. In late-March 2020, President Donald Trump signed a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill into law.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 April 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 May 2021, 12 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/Q6QYg
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