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30 September
7:17 pm

we have the highest poverty rate and the highest unemployment rate in America

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Steve Hilton, at California Governor General Election Debate (CNN)

7:17 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific claim that California ranks #1 in both poverty and unemployment nationally — verifiable against federal data and likely overstated or misleading
What we foundCalifornia's poverty rate claim is well-supported as among the nation's highest, but the unemployment claim is imprecise — California has frequently been at or near the top but has often been tied with or ranked below Nevada and/or D.C. rather than holding the single highest position.
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