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Rep. Clyburn Rips Trump Economy: ‘We Were Fully Employed During Slavery’

‘I’m saying that the African-American unemployment is not the lowest it’s ever been unless you count slavery’

EXCERPT:

CAVUTO: "Well, let’s leave the words aside, all right congressman? Let's leave the words aside. Whether you like his style or not or tweets or not or comments or not, he's delivered the goods for a lot of African-Americans, has he not? With record low unemployment levels. For one group after another --"
CLAYBURN: "Come on!"
CAVUTO: "-- mostly with African-Americans."
CLAYBURN: "Come on, Neil."
CAVUTO: "You don’t you think that's something that's constructive?"
CLAYBURN: "No, no, because it is not true. You know --"
CAVUTO: "What do you mean it's not true?"
CLAYBURN: "I’m saying that the African-American unemployment is not the lowest it has ever been unless you count slavery. We were fully employed during slavery."

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