White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday claimed, incorrectly, that former President Barack Obama "only created 195,000 jobs for African-Americans" while in office, while "President Trump in his first year and a half has already tripled what President Obama did in eight years." On Tuesday night, Sanders acknowledged her mistake on Twitter: "I'm sorry for the mistake, but no apologies for the 700,000 jobs for African-Americans created under President Trump." Per government statistics, black employment increased by nearly 3 million jobs during Obama's eight years in office.

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