When Rhetoric Distorts Statistics

On Friday morning, Donald Trump appeared on Fox & Friends to talk about running mates and bad-mouth the economy, which, he said, was “terrible,” proof that the Democrats don’t know what they are doing. “The real unemployment rate is probably twenty per cent. Jobs are leaving. Look at Carrier,” he said, referring to a manufacturer moving jobs from Indiana to Mexico, “look at so many companies. They’re leaving.”

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