The New Jersey Tea Party recently retweeted a statistic that a net additional 540,000 black Americans have lost their jobs since President Barack Obama took office
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In a September retweet, the Tea Party states that a net additional 540,000 black Americans have lost jobs since January 2009. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics confirms that figure, but it's less clear on whether Obama is to blame.
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Tea Party supporters let their signs do the talking as the listen to speeches during a rally held on the Morristown Green. Morristown, NJ 7/3/10 (Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger)
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