Unemployment is rising in swing states that voted for Trump

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By Tommy Christopher
DECEMBER 18, 2017

People in the states that narrowly delivered Trump's tainted electoral victory are finding out just how empty his promises were.


In addition to all the help Donald Trump got from Russia, he was propelled to an electoral victory by the narrowest of margins in key “Rust Belt” states, where he promised to bring back jobs that everyone else knew were never coming back.

Now, with his first year in office nearly complete, people in those states are learning the hard truth about Trump’s promises.

West Wing Report’s Paul Brandus notes that unemployment is on the rise in four out of five Rust Belt states that went for Trump, even as workforce participation has declined

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[rainin]

1. Swing States were decided by swing counties.

Perhaps in time, we will learn how the Republicans tampered with the machines to steal these counties. Turns out, you don't have to steal the whole country. You just have to steal a few counties.

Yet, Republicans in these states will continue to blame all their misfortune on democrats.

[saidsimplesimon]

2. Texas is

reaping the lion's share of revenue in the "oil economy". Take down the Kochs and the Saudis and watch them tumble.