Sunday, January 8, 2017

Trump falsely claims he created thousands of new jobs, and news outlets lap it up

It was a huge announcement. An announcement so full of winning that we may even get tired of winning.

“Because of what’s happening and the spirit and the hope,” President-elect Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday, “I was just called by the head people at Sprint and they’re going to be bringing 5,000 jobs back to the United States.”

And just in case there’s any doubt about who deserves credit for these jobs, Trump was happy to take it. “I just spoke with the head person,” Trump claimed, “he said because of me they’re doing 5,000 jobs in this country.”

There’s just one problem. It’s not true....
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-falsely-claims-he-created-thousands-of-new-jobs-and-news-outlets-lap-it-up-cdae30802084#.ad6v5b5cp


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