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Chuck Schumer: “Manufacturing jobs are down by 100,000.”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Published February 27, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:40

We lost in every month we lost manufacturing jobs. And Donald Trump just lies about it. This is the state of manufacturing in the United States. Manufacturing jobs are down by 100,000. We have shed manufacturing jobs every single month. Every single month right after Trump's Liberation Day. Yet he lies about it. He just makes it up. (04:40–04:44)

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