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Schumer: Trump should thank Obama for economy

Greg Nash

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that President Trump should thank former President Obama for the country’s economic growth during his first State of the Union speech.

“If you’re going to pat yourself on the back, give a shoutout to Barack Obama because he did even better than you in job creation,” he said.

Schumer added that Trump was handed an “already healthy economy,” but “two words we won’t hear President Trump say tonight about the economy: ‘Thanks, Obama.’ “

{mosads}Schumer pointed to the 2.24 million jobs added in 2016 compared to the 2.06 million jobs added in 2017.

Trump is expected to tout the economy, and the GOP tax bill, during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

It will “cover a lot of territory, including our great success with the markets and with the tax cut,” Trump said on Monday.

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