Doc Rivers: “When Obama came into office, the economy was in the trash…”

“It's proven that on the Democratic presidents, the economy is always better. Always. I know that having worked for Republicans is always the opposite of what Republicans say. It's unbelievable. You know, When Obama came into office, the economy was in the trash and he really lifted it up. and Trump adopted that, you know, but what is it, 50 years or whatever? 50 million new votes, new jobs by Democrats, 1 million by Republicans over the last 50 years.” (15:24–15:31)

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