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Statement·other·said 2018-08-14

President Trump in his first year and a half has already tripled what President Obama did (for African-American employment) in eight years.

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Verdict
Falseby PolitiFact
2018-08-15
Reasoning

Sanders dramatically undercounted Obama-era African-American job gains at 195,000 when the actual figure was nearly 3 million over eight years — making Obama's gains roughly four times higher than Trump's, not the reverse.

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