Lie May 14, 2020 · Remarks · Jobs

“We had the best job numbers we've ever had. We had almost 160 million people working. And we were never even close to that.”

Said
May 14, 2020
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Jobs
Repeated
188 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 19792)

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  1. May 11, 2020 · Press conference“Employment … where we had our best numbers, almost 160 million people.”
  2. May 19, 2020 · Remarks“Black unemployment, Hispanic unemployment, Asian unemployment was the best ever in the history of our country. We've never had anything like it. We've never had so many African American jobs ever -- ever -- in the…
  3. May 21, 2020 · Remarks“It was almost -- in terms of total, almost 160 million people.”
  4. May 6, 2020 · Remarks“Most people in our country [working], almost 160 million people.”
  5. May 5, 2020 · Remarks“Best employment numbers in the history of our country. ... Most number of jobs. Almost 160 million jobs. We were never even close to that.”
  6. Apr 28, 2020 · Remarks“And I think you got up to almost 15 million people, right? Fifteen million. [Ivanka] started off with a goal of 500,000 [jobs]. She wanted to get 500,000 and she is now on almost 15 million people.”