Clinton: Unemployment Rate Under Obama Is ‘Disappointing’

Published June 4, 2016 3:08pm ET



Hillary Clinton said Friday that the unemployment rate under President Obama, which dropped to its lowest point in May since 2007, was “disappointing.”

“The numbers that have come out this week are disappointing to anybody, because we want to keep jobs growing,” Clinton said during an appearance on CNN’s The Lead. “We want the unemployment rate, which did drop again, to be reflective of a tighter labor market, not people leaving.”

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