A CNN “fact-checker” has debunked claims from Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Walz that President Donald Trump oversaw a downturn in American manufacturing jobs.
The Democrat-allied network’s fact-checker Daniel Dale concluded that Walz’s claims about Trump’s economy are simply “not true.”
“Let‘s talk about manufacturing,” anchor Kate Bolduan said to Dale as she spoke Tuesday on “CNN News Central.”
“Building back up manufacturing in the United States is a focus of both campaigns.”
She then played a clip of Walz from his recent appearance on ABC’s “The View.”
On the propaganda show, Walz claimed:
“We want to make sure that you’re able to bring manufacturing, like [Democrat presidential nominee] Kamala Harris has said.
“We know [Republican nominee] Donald Trump lost more manufacturing jobs than any president in American history.
“That‘s simply factual.”
Unsurprisingly, none of the co-hosts on “The View” corrected Walz’s claims.
However, in a surprise turn of events, CNN’s “fact-checker” warned viewers that Walz’s claim was “not true.”
“Well, if you’re going to say something is simply factual, it should be factual. This is not,” Dale said.
“It’s not true that the Trump presidency lost more manufacturing jobs than any other presidency.
“Under George W. Bush, there were about 4.5 million manufacturing jobs lost.
“Under Trump, it was about 178,000.”
He went on to add that other past presidents had far more manufacturing jobs lost during their times in office, such as Eisenhower, Ford, and Reagan.
“So Trump does not have the record,” Dale said.
Dale also argued that people criticizing Trump’s economy are ignoring the fact there was a historic pandemic during his presidency.
“I think it‘s also worth pointing out for context that these Trump job losses in manufacturing overwhelmingly occurred because of the COVID pandemic,” he said.
“Pre-pandemic, under Trump, there was a gain of about 414,000 manufacturing jobs.
“Again, he ended [at] negative 178,000, but that was largely because we had a pandemic-related crash.”
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