As Twitchy reported, House and Senate Republicans on Tuesday night “mocked” African-Americans by applauding when President Trump claimed in his State of the Union address that black unemployment numbers were at an all-time low.
That claim caught the ear of the explainers at Vox, who decided to run that claim through a fact-check.
Trump: African-American unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded.
Fact-check: The black unemployment rate started dropping around 2011 — long before Trump took office. https://t.co/c1MyHdQpM9 #SOTU pic.twitter.com/LK2ZFLrQH6
— Vox (@voxdotcom) January 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/958806763251388416
So glad to have that claim fact-checked. Now fact-check why Democrats couldn’t be bothered to applaud good economic news.
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/958809560239796224
Is that another way of saying “true”? https://t.co/OaKtfNaGsG
— David French (@DavidAFrench) January 31, 2018
So what you mean to say in the Fact-check: Yes, this is correct. https://t.co/P3xstT3olJ
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/mediacritik/status/958611200912236545
https://twitter.com/politicalelle/status/958836906283778048
That’s context, not a fact check. https://t.co/KFCjhUwiQk
— Rachel Stoltzfoos (@RachelStoltz) January 31, 2018
Wouldn't this be more like a "context check?" Because it seems otherwise that the answer is simply, "true." https://t.co/KyyrL7hVzO
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) January 31, 2018
This fact-check does not dispute the fact asserted but merely indicates Vox wishes the fact were not true. https://t.co/lIv0o8ZwwN
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) January 31, 2018
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The statement wasn’t whether or not it had been dropping @voxdotcom, it was if the current data point is the lowest ever recorded, which it is. Therefore you look like idiots for failing to comprehend the statement made by @POTUS and the blatantly clear bias you have against him. https://t.co/PaelcEfdIk
— Paul Derleth (@PaulDerleth) January 31, 2018
Fact-check: you’ve commented on a different thing https://t.co/gEPl2rfhkR
— Benjamin Posmanick (@BPosmanick) January 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/TheOpulentAmish/status/958840654217363457
https://twitter.com/F14Warrior/status/958619731329679360
If youre Vox, even when Trump tells the truth you cant say so. The art of the bogus factcheck. https://t.co/0AGZE7oCFg
— John Riley (@jriley8832) January 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/phl43/status/958603454590701571
https://twitter.com/trytotakethem/status/958568204359667719
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