Chuck Schumer: “Unemployment has gone up.”

“Let me say that again. We learned this morning that the economy had actually added over a quarter million fewer jobs than originally thought. We also learned that Unemployment has gone up. It is disturbing to say, but the chickens are coming home to rooster on Donald Trump's destructive trade war, and the American people are paying the price.” (00:45–00:47)

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