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To: Seattle Conservative
-- As best I recall he's used 58% for a long time. Is this the 1st time someone has disputed it? --

No. There was a substantial grousing about this number when Trump or somebody floated it before. The first rebuttal was to conflate his remark with the unemployment figure.

WaPo - Recidivism Watch: Trump campaign on 58 percent of black youths `not working' - Aug. 28, 2016

240 posted on 09/13/2016 11:20:20 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
Candace SmithVerified account ‏@CandaceSmith_

Woman in crowd yells, "Release your taxes!"---33 minutes.

Her total reporting of his speech.


246 posted on 09/13/2016 11:25:43 AM PDT by STARLIT (Donald Trump's Oracle NICKNAME Provider..)
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To: Cboldt; Seattle Conservative

From your link....

Counting people “not in the labor force” in this 16- to 24-year-old population is especially problematic, because the number of people who aren’t looking for jobs includes people who are in school full-time. Trump essentially equated the employment statuses of, for example, a 16-year-old high school sophomore with a 24-year-old with a master’s degree and looking for a job.

After our fact-check published, Trump and Conway stopped using the term “unemployed.” Instead, they now say the 58 percent figure refers to black youths who are “not working.” It’s a step in the right direction, but it’s still misleading.


Typical leftist obfuscation.


249 posted on 09/13/2016 11:27:10 AM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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