Posted on 10/22/2018 2:35:25 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Former President Obama on Monday urged a crowd in Las Vegas to "remember who started" the current economic boom, reminding them that the country recovered from the Great Recession during his presidency.
Obama echoed language from President Trump, who in July claimed his administration unleashed an "economic miracle" with tax cuts legislation.
"When I walked into office ten years ago, we were in the middle of the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes," Obama said at a rally for Nevada Democrats. "By the time I left office, wages were rising, uninsurance rate was falling, poverty was falling, and that’s what I handed off to the next guy."
"So when you hear all this talk about economic miracles right now, remember who started it," he said to thunderous applause and a standing ovation.
The former president in recent weeks has criticized Trump's tendency to take full credit for healthy state of the U.S. economy.
"Six months ago, we unleashed an economic miracle by signing the biggest tax cuts and reforms ... the biggest tax cuts in American history," Trump said at an event in July.
The Associated Press fact-checker called this statement an "exaggeration," pointing out the economy has been expanding for the past ten years.
The tax cuts are also not the largest in U.S. history.
Obama during the Monday rally said economic growth during his presidency could partially be attributed to his administration "making sure the wealthiest Americans, folks like me, paid their fair share of taxes."
Obama has been stumping for Democrats across the country ahead of the November midterms, emerging from his year of relative silence on the Trump administration.
He has been vocal in his criticisms of the president since stepping back into the spotlight.
"Unlike some, I actually try to state facts," Obama said. "I believe in facts. I believe in a fact-based reality, fact-based politics. I don't believe in just making stuff up. I think you should actually say to people what's true."
Okay, I'll bite..
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP!
I remember who started it.....Trump!
Obama started it by leaving office.
Dungfly Convention in Las Vegas.
Was Millard Filmore gay, too?
Ozero is a legend is his own mind.
President Trump is the MAGA Magician with the most priapic magic wand!
Obama is a whining, limp-dick disappointment who failed to perform. Obama is now a tragic figure who spends his time muttering sad excuses under his breath and screaming about his potency to his disappointed loving followers in order to belie his inadequacies and failures.
Obama has been proven to be deficient in economics, leadership, and his understanding of America - Obama is the father of disappointment, hopelessness, and anger. Obama was, and is, nothing but a smooth-talking failure. The lies and failures that Obama is responsible for will ultimately lead 'America the Beautiful' to say “I can do better!”
Did this thunderous ovation emanate from the same 500 marxists and media that just feted Bite Me in Vegas? At least he can outdraw PIAPS.
Former President Obama on Monday urged a crowd in Las Vegas
And just how big was his crowd? Would a ‘few people’ more accurately describe the attendance?
It’s a wonder he’s not falling over due to his elongated nose.
They had to hold it at UNLV college to get enough mush headed idiots to fill the seats. What a clown
nobama: “...I don’t believe in just making stuff up. I think you should actually say to people what’s true.”
Still ANOTHER nobama lie.
Yup
His veep Creepy Joe drew only 193 on Friday.
O is the one with the charisma.
GD lying son of a bitch.
we don’t know because he never gave us any of it - just tried to regulate and tax more out of us. But he did get very wealthy, dare I say rich? wonder how he managed that on a POTUS salary? There must be a logical legal explanation; he could show us how he did it, dontcha think?
Mullah hussein44 speaks = Taqiyya
I don’t believe in just making stuff up. I think you should actually say to people what’s true.”
Like if you like your doctor and your insurance plan, you can keep them. How about your health insurance premiums will cover pre-existing conditions, etc and go down $2500 a year?
Now he wants to take credit for Trump’s successes! Geez
Its not like he can show a litle humility.
Same guy blamed his predecessor for all his failures.
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