Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back at her MSNBC interviewer Wednesday evening over a controversial claim about former President Donald Trump.
“The 11th Hour host” Stephanie Ruhle grilled Harris about her new economic policy plan in an exclusive interview during which she tried to fact-check Harris — and found herself checked in return.
“Donald Trump,” said Harris, “left us with the worst economy since the Great Depression when you look at, for example, the employment numbers.”
Ruhle cut it to remind Harris about the COVID-19 global pandemic.
“Unemployment was so high because we shut down the government, we shut down the country,” said Ruhle.
But Harris came ready with rebuttal points that have a basis in fact.
“Even before the pandemic, he lost manufacturing jobs by most people’s estimates at least 200,000,” Harris said.
This number appears in an analysis from the BlueGreen Alliance, a group that represents the United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club.
‘There’s empirical evidence:’ Harris shuts down interviewer who tries to defend Trump – Raw Story