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On the recordSeptember 4, 2017
The President has been bragging that unemployment is at a 16 year low. So it's kind of hard to make that case and to make that argument.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas
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Begala discusses the contradiction in arguments against Dreamers given low unemployment rates.

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