CNN fact checker Daniel Dale on Tuesday claimed that Minnesota's Democratic governor, Tim Walz, falsely claimed that former President Donald Trump set a record for manufacturing job losses.
waltz claimed In an appearance on “The View” on Monday, President Trump said he had set a record for the most manufacturing job losses during his administration, and also took aim at Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio. He claimed that Mr. Vance and Mr. Trump were the “venture capitalists” who supported the project. Transport work overseas. Dale disputed Walz's point, pointing out that job losses under the Trump administration were due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Related: Self-proclaimed firearms enthusiast Tim Walz struggles to load his $2,100 shotgun during hunting trips)
“If you're going to say something is simply a fact, it should be a fact. This is not the case. That President Trump's administration lost more manufacturing jobs than any other president's administration. That's not true,” Dale told CNN News Central host Kate Bolduan. “Under the George W. Bush administration, about 4.5 million manufacturing jobs were lost. Under the Trump administration, it was about 178,000. more manufacturing jobs have been lost. So Trump doesn't have a record of that.”
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“I think it’s also worth pointing out for context that President Trump’s job losses in manufacturing were overwhelmingly due to the coronavirus pandemic,” Dale continued. “Before the pandemic, under the Trump administration, manufacturing jobs increased by about 414,000. Again, he ended up at minus 178,000, but that was largely due to the pandemic-related crash.”
Since Vice President Kamala Harris announced Walz as her running mate on August 6, Walz has made numerous claims that do not stand up to scrutiny. claim He was in Hong Kong during the June 1989 massacre and was among the protesters in Tiananmen Square during the Oct. 1 vice presidential debate with Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio. There was also.
Vance accused Walz of “stealing courage,” citing comments Walz made in a video about gun control at an Aug. 7 campaign event. Posted In X by the Harris-Walz campaign. Walz also faced questions about the timing of the Minnesota National Guard's 2005 retirement related to the Iraq War, which arose after comments he made on Facebook in 2018. post Statements by retired military commander Sergeant Major Thomas Behrends have resurfaced.
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