Politico Fact Checks the lady Tea Party rebutter: The GOP fired three separate rebuttal missives at Obama, but the speeches from Rodgers (Wash.) and Sens. Mike Lee (Utah) and Rand Paul (Ky.) were heavy on personal narratives and partisan rhetoric that don’t lend themselves to obvious fact checks. Still, Rodgers’ jab at Obama over the economy, as part of the official GOP response, did overlook several key points. To start, that shrinking labor force she harps on is largely due to a wave of retiring baby boomers — not exactly a development Obama has any role in. And while the latest financial numbers are far from rosy, the White House can hang its hat on the fact that the December 2013 unemployment rate is the lowest in Obama’s presidency: 6.7 percent, down from a 10 percent peak in October 2009. Also, the U.S. economy is up 3.2 million jobs since Obama took office. Read more: politico/story/2014/01/state-of-the-union-2014-fact-check-102777_Page2.html#ixzz2rtyLzOLJ
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:57:13 +0000
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