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Sen. JD Vance accepted the Republican nomination for vice president Wednesday night, often invoking his blue-collar upbringing. But in his speech, he also claimed that former President Donald Trump created the strongest ever economy for workers, something PolitiFact's editor-in-chief Katie Sanders and her team rated as false. One specific element of the economy -- the unemployment rate -- reached historic lows during Trump's presidency, but dipped even lower under President Joe Biden, Sanders said. Here's how other claims from the evening rank.

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JD Vance, Fact Check, RNC Fact Check
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