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The claim

"We have so many millions of people working 40 hours a week...and some with two jobs and they're still below the poverty line"

Original publisher’s rating

The latest figures are for 2019 and show about 2.3 million people were in poverty in the US despite maintaining at least one full-time job throughout the year.

Reviewed by BBC Reality Check ↗ ·

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Sources and attribution

    Original review: BBC Reality Check. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms.

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