claim: "more americans have lost their jobs under barack obama than any president in modern history."
author: mitt romney
evidence_1: jun 2, 2013 ... in fact, since the american historical record is the worse the recession, the stronger the recovery, obama should have had an easy time producing a ... in the 10 previous recessions since the great depression, prior to this last recession, the economy recovered all jobs lost during the recession after an ...
evidence_2: jan 18, 2017 ... as for overall net jobs growth, the white house has frequently cited the fact that “more than 15 million new jobs” have been created under obama's watch. ... became president in january 2009, when the global economy was collapsing and hundreds of thousands of american workers were losing their jobs ...
evidence_3: in mid-september, while president obama was fending off complaints that he should have done more, done less, or done something different about the ... country, and that its members constituted a military that was not only superior to all current adversaries but no less than “the finest fighting force in the history of the world.
evidence_4: apr 28, 2016 ... “by that measure, we probably managed this better than any large economy on earth in modern history.” it was a notably grand claim, especially given the tenor in which presidential candidates of both parties had taken to criticizing the state of the american economy — “many are still barely getting by,” ...
evidence_5: jan 13, 2016 ... president obama touted his economic track record in his final state of the union address. cnnmoney ... in history. more than 14 million new jobs; the strongest two years of job growth since the 1990s; an unemployment rate cut in half." ... wages and salaries have barely budged under his watch. the typical ...