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WELL NOW THIS is clearly a cleverly cherry-picked stat by Bill Clinton—that cunning fellow. *checks stats* Uhmm actually the numbers are worse for Republicans than what Bill Clinton said. He must’ve cut them a break to make it sound plausible. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... o

"Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, America has created about 51 million new jobs. I swear I checked this three times. Even I couldn't believe it. What's the score?
Democrats 50, Republicans 1."
- Former president Bill Clinton
This is a cleverly cherry-picked fact.
Clinton starts with the end of the Cold War, presumably the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, which (economically speaking) is somewhat arbitrary. Economic trends such as job growth are not determined by presidential terms but often economic forces beyond a president's control.
Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that nearly 50 million jobs were created from November 1989 through July of this year.
By starting during George H.W. Bush's term, Clinton skips over Ronald Reagan, a Republican who oversaw the creation of 16 million jobs. Instead, the period covered by his statistic included three Republicans - Bush, his son George W. Bush and Trump - who had poor jobs records. About 1 million jobs were created from November 1989 to the end of the first Bush term, 1.4 million under his son, and then a negative 2.7 million under Trump (because of the pandemic). All three Republicans ended their terms with the country in economic downturns.
By contrast, 22.9 million jobs were created under Clinton, 11.6 million under Barack Obama and 15.8 million under President Joe Biden.
You will note that gives the Democrats 50.3 million jobs and the Republicans a negative 300,000. Perhaps Clinton thought that would sound too fantastical. So it appears as if he dated his statistic from January 1989, which results in a total of 51.5 million jobs, with about 1.3 million for Republicans.
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I support Walz for VP because I support public school teachers winning high office. They are the backbone of democracy, no joke.

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Some reduce the 2024 campaign to a contest between two old men, but it's a choice of two slates of federal appointees who'll impact your life in a million ways. Biden has staffed executive agencies with excellent choices who are doing good work. Trump will empower an army of Stephen Millers.

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