Claim: "Since Obama took office, a net of 540,000 additional black Americans – Obama's strongest supporters – have lost their jobs."
Fact-check: New Jersey Tea Party blames Barack Obama for unemployment of 540,000 blacks since January 2009
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Caryn Shinske
Date published: 2011-11-27T00:00:00