Sarah Sanders Apologizes for ‘Mistake’ Comparing Trump and Obama Jobs Numbers

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders apologized for a mistake she made comparing African-American job numbers from Donald Trump and Barack Obama.

The White House Council of Economic Advisors took the blame earlier tonight after Sanders was being called out for claiming Trump’s already created more jobs for African-Americans than Obama did in total (a false claim that was later repeated on Fox News):

Per @PressSec briefing today: pic.twitter.com/uQzsAkOH2i

— CEA (@WhiteHouseCEA) August 14, 2018

Apologies for @WhiteHouseCEA's earlier miscommunication to @PressSec.

— CEA (@WhiteHouseCEA) August 14, 2018

And tonight Sanders herself apologized:

Correction from today’s briefing: Jobs numbers for Pres Trump and Pres Obama were correct, but the time frame for Pres Obama wasn’t. I’m sorry for the mistake, but no apologies for the 700,000 jobs for African Americans created under President Trump https://t.co/EXGvbliwlS

— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) August 15, 2018

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