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Donald Trump: “The poverty rate is at the record low, the lowest rate ever.”

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But he only comes to places he respects, and there are not many of them. Last month it was announced that real median household incomes are at the highest level ever. And as I said before, The poverty rate is at the record low, the lowest rate ever. African American poverty, Hispanic American poverty, Native American poverty are all at the lowest rates in the history of our country, by far. Those are great numbers for us. (47:52–47:57)

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