Trump campaign blasts ‘weak’ September jobs report

Published October 7, 2016 2:09pm ET



A senior economic adviser to Donald Trump said Friday’s job report, the second-to-last before voters cast their ballots on Nov. 8, reaffirms that the economic policies championed by President Obama and Hillary Clinton are “failing” Americans.

“Today’s weak September jobs report confirmed what people feel — that the Clinton-Obama economy is failing them,” said David Malpass, a former GOP Senate candidate and top economist, in a statement released by the Trump campaign. “Americans desperately need more jobs and new economic policies, not the same-old, same-old offered by the Clinton campaign.

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