“The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”
What PolitiFact found
Trump was president when Black poverty and unemployment reached record lows. But he leaves out President Joe Biden, saw both record lows surpassed on his watch.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president) made this claim around 15 June 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 June 2024, 5 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOQEmiVN2UA
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