Ayanna Pressley: “Since taking office, unemployment has increased.”

“The mass firings of government workers and the tariffs stopping businesses from hiring and the Iran war raising costs have created this economic slowdown. Since taking office, unemployment has increased. Economists refer to this moment as low hire The Fed Chair even just said last week there is effectively no new net job creation.” (02:42–02:46)

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