“Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.”
What PolitiFact found
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.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Pete Buttigieg (Transportation secretary) made this claim around 28 July 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 July 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Pete Buttigieg has 33 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 17 misleading or mixed and 5 true.
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