Karoline Leavitt: “Construction jobs surged by 19,000 in September, the largest…”

“These gains came after the summer passage of President Trump's historic tax cuts and multiple big trade deals with countries around the world. In particular, Construction jobs surged by 19,000 in September, the largest monthly gain in a year. Nearly all of this solid monthly job growth came from the private sector and went to Americans rather than foreign born workers, the opposite of what we saw under the previous administration.” (24:13–24:21)

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