“Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.”
What PolitiFact found
For both Black Americans overall and for Black men in particular, inflation-adjusted wages rose under President Donald Trump — but they rose about three times faster under President Joe Biden.
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In short
Byron Donalds (U.S. Representative, R-Fla.) made this claim around 13 October 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 October 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Byron Donalds has 7 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 3 true.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttps://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sotu/date/2024-10-13/segment/01
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