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Greg Stanton: “Job growth is not happening. We had to revise downward the…”

Featuring: Greg Stanton, Democratic | U.S. House, Arizona, District 4

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Rep. Greg Stanton reacts to jobs report, Trump firing of BLS commissioner

Published | Video Starts at 00:56

First and foremost, the President's unwillingness to deal with the facts of the report. This is a very disturbing report about the state of the American economy, an indication that Job growth is not happening. We had to revise downward the last two months. So it's been a really rough summer from a jobs perspective. Unemployment is up, inflation is up. (00:56–01:01)

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Asserts that job growth is stagnant and recent job numbers were revised downward.

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