claim: "the national unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for a record 36 months."
author: reince priebus
evidence_1: dec 21, 2018 ... the national unemployment rate remained unchanged from october at 3.7 ...  alaska had the highest jobless rate, 6.3 percent. ... two states had over-the-  month rate increases: colorado and .... 4.7 | 3.9 | -.8 north carolina .
evidence_2: jan 3, 2018 ... further, hawaii had the second largest year-over-year decrease in its rate ... this  was idaho's lowest november estimated rate on record. ... iowa fell to the 14th  lowest unemployment rate at 4.2 percent, while ... illinois, 8 percent ... alaska had  the highest rate in the nation for the fourth consecutive month.
evidence_3: rates. in december 2007, the national unemployment rate was 5.0 percent, and it  had been at or ... in the months after the recession, the unemployment ...  unemployment rates have been higher than women's during or immediately after  ... employment of young women tended to be about 8 to 9 percentage points  below that.
evidence_4: apr 16, 2018 ... in the time donald trump has been in the white house: ... that's the lowest the  rate has been since it hit 3.9 percent for four months in 2000, ...
evidence_5: oct 8, 2018 ... the near-50-year low in the unemployment rate signifies that a lot of ... published  3:36 pm et mon, 8 oct 2018 updated 5:18 pm et mon, 8 oct 2018 cnbc.com ...  back then, the economy was coming off what at that point had been its ... and  may have registered above-4 percent growth in the third quarter.