{"id":2273375,"date":"2024-06-21T10:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-donald-trump-oversee-record-low-unemployment-for-african-americans\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T10:25:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:25:41","slug":"fact-check-did-donald-trump-oversee-record-low-unemployment-for-african-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-donald-trump-oversee-record-low-unemployment-for-african-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump achieve record low unemployment rates for African Americans?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-donald-trump-oversee-record-low-unemployment-for-african-americans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2273375&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content highlights former President Donald Trump&#8217;s claim\u200b regarding his\u2063 administration achieving the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-lowers-unemployment-to-pre-pandemic-levels-after-state-rejected-lockdowns\/\" title=\"South Dakota Lowers Unemployment to Pre-Pandemic Levels After State Rejected Lockdowns\">lowest unemployment rate<\/a> for African-Americans, which he\u200b announced at a roundtable event\u200c in\u2063 Detroit.\u2062 This event aimed \u2063to attract Black voters as part of a new \u2064voter coalition\u2064 group.\u200d However,\u2064 the claim is deemed misleading as Trump did \u2063record the lowest rate during his time in office at 5.3% in August and September 2019. Since then, \u200blower rates have been recorded,\u2062 with \u2064a \u200bnew record low of 4.8%\u200b in April 2023 under President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration. The discussion also touches upon pending legal \u200dproceedings involving Trump, led by Judge Aileen Cannon, regarding \u2062the mishandling of classified documents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" tabindex=\"1\" role=\"textbox\" contenteditable=\"true\" spellcheck=\"false\" aria-label=\"Message Body\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-owns=\":1k2\" aria-controls=\":1k2\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n<p>Former<span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BeP6Hbd74nI\">President Donald Trump<\/a><span> <\/span>claimed his administration oversaw the lowest unemployment rate of black Americans ever recorded.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BeP6Hbd74nI?si=t_QgMU5K-5z_Bbeh&#038;start=338\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While Trump did set a record for the lowest African-American unemployemnt rate while in office, lower rates have been recorded since then.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Judge Aileen Cannon will conduct hearings on several motions to dismiss the charges against former President Donald Trump regarding the mishandling of classified documents,<span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/judge-trump-classified-docs-case-hear-validity-special\/story?id=111215020\">ABC News<\/a><span> <\/span>reported.<\/p>\n<p>Trump spoke at a roundtable event at a predominantly black church in Detroit, Michigan recently. This event was part of the Trump campaign\u2019s recently launched Black voter coalition group in order to appeal directly to<span> <\/span>African American voters, accordiung to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-launches-group-seeking-black-support-detroit-church-event-rcna156825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke on the strides his administration made in supporting black Americans. He said, \u201cWe achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded, ever, ever recorded during my four years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The claim is misleading. Trump did set a record for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-a-joke-biden-called-third-black-president-in-the-hill-opinion-piece\/\" title=\"Biden labeled 'Third Black President' in The Hill opinion piece.\">lowest black unemployment<\/a> at the time which was<span> <\/span>5.3% in August 2019 and September 2019, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/LNS14000006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis<\/a>. <span> There are\u00a0credible news reports, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/10\/04\/black-and-hispanic-unemployment-is-at-a-record-low.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC News<\/a>,\u00a0that state that black unemployment hit a record low during the Trump administration. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The same chart shows that African-American unemployment hit a new record low in April 2023 at 4.8%, which is under President Joe Biden, not Trump. African-American unemployment now stands at 6.1%, per the data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/us\/inside-us-jobs-report-record-low-black-unemployment-2023-04-07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> reported on the new unemployment low at the time. A May 16 White House<span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/cea\/written-materials\/2024\/05\/16\/recent-labor-market-conditions-for-black-workers\/#:~:text=Looking%20at%20unemployment%2C%20from%20September,the%20lowest%20since%20series%20began.\">press release<\/a><span> <\/span>on the labor market highlighted this record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking at unemployment, from September 2022 to February 2024, the Black unemployment rate remained at or below 6 percent for the longest period on record (highlighted in green in Figure 1). Indeed, in April 2023, the unemployment rate for Black workers dropped to 4.8 percent, the lowest since series began,\u201d the press release states. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/11\/fact-check-image-claiming-to-show-trump-statement-on-hunter-biden-conviction-is-fake\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Image Claiming To Show Trump Statement Saying He\u2019ll \u2018Save\u2019 Hunter Is Fake)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reparations-for-black-america-already-happened-black-scholar-tells-don-lemon\/\" title=\"\u2018Reparations For Black America Already Happened,\u2019 Black Scholar Tells Don Lemon\">black poverty rate<\/a> also fell to its lowest under Biden in 2022 at 17.1%, according to a September 2023 press release from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/stories\/2023\/09\/black-poverty-rate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Census Bureau<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-facebook-post-claims-the-u-s-has-the-fourth-highest-poverty-rate-in-the-world-at-17-8\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Facebook Post Claims The U.S. Has The Fourth-Highest Poverty Rate In The World At 17.8%\">official poverty rate<\/a> for the entire nation is 11.5%, per the press release.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 poverty rate for the Black population fell to a record low even after accounting for survey and methodological changes to the CPS ASEC, the Census Bureau\u2019s longest-running survey,\u201d reads the press release.<\/p>\n<p>The lowest it went under Trump appears to be 18.8% in 2019, which was a record low at the time, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/stories\/2020\/09\/poverty-rates-for-blacks-and-hispanics-reached-historic-lows-in-2019.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Census Bureau<\/a>. The poverty rate for the entire nation was 10.5% at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact contacted the Trump campaign for clarification on this claim. We also contacted economic experts to comment on this data.\u00a0We will update this piece accordingly if a response is provided.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump stated his administration achieved the lowest black American unemployment rate ever. This is misleading; while he did achieve a record low during his term, lower rates have occurred since. 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