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sop

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1. Come on! Does anyone really believe Trump's people aren't cooking the books?

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2020, 09:25 AM

Jul 2020

During the 2016 campaign Trump steadfastly maintained Obama's unemployment numbers were "fake," claiming the "real" figure was between 30 to 40 percent. I also recall Sean Spicer's cynical response when confronted with the sudden drop in their own UE numbers right after Trump's inauguration. Trump is a congenital liar.

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Never Before Have I Seen So Much Fake Unemployment & Jobs Data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics [View all] marmar Jul 2020 OP

Come on! Does anyone really believe Trump's people aren't cooking the books? sop Jul 2020 #1

trump never uses real numbers showing him in a bad light duforsure Jul 2020 #2

Booking the cooks! Newest Reality Jul 2020 #3