Thursday, July 21, 2016

Jeff Sessions - Mostly False: Jeff Sessions says Clinton is 'champion' of global trade deals, including TPP

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, one of the earliest congressmen to back Donald Trump, echoed Trump’s critique of Hillary Clinton’s trade agenda at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

"She has been a champion of globalist trade agreements," Sessions said during the convention’s opening night. "But the facts are in. They have not worked for the American people. When those agreements were signed, Presidents (Bill) Clinton and Obama promised our dangerous trade deficits with China and Korea would be reduced. But, the deficit with China has increased fivefold and the deficit with Korea doubled. These are job-killing numbers. They are now pushing the disastrous 5,000-page ‘Obamatrade’ — the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement."...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/18/jeff-sessions/mostly-false-jeff-sessions-says-clinton-champion-g/


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