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“When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street.”
Social media posts in a TV appearance. Claim dated 17 Jun 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False

In short

This claim spread on social media around 17 June 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 June 2019, 8 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.

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