Trump Implies CBC Members Are Treasonous

In a speech on Monday, Donald Trump implied that members of the Congressional Black Caucus and others who did not applaud during his State of the Union address were treasonous. Speaking in Cincinnati, “Can we call that treason? Why not? I mean they certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much.” The CBC credits former President Barack Obama for the Black unemployment numbers which had steadily declined for the past seven years. The most significant declines happened during the Obama administration. Trump often dismissed declining unemployment rates under Obama as false. The CBC says the White House has failed to articulate which specific policies Trump implemented that led to lower unemployment rates for Black Americans. Just days after Trump’s SOTU address, the Department of Labor reported that the Black unemployment rate had increased by nearly a full point. POTUS45 has yet to take credit or blame for the spike, or even acknowledge the increase. More here from WaPo’s Eugene Scott.