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Chuck Schumer: “The economy added only 73,000 jobs last month, far below…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:08

So, Mr. President, this morning we got some more troublesome news about the economy under Donald Trump today. We learned The economy added only 73,000 jobs last month, far below expectations. But that wasn't the worst of it. We also learned the economy actually added less than 20,000 jobs each in May and June, the two months following Donald Trump's liberation day. (00:08–00:14)

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