[Free Beacon] Former President Barack Obama said during a campaign rally Monday that the current economic boom, which President Donald Trump has highlighted as a major victory for his administration, began with him."When you hear all this talk about economic miracles, remember who started it," Obama told the Nevada crowd, which responded with applause and cheers.
Obama, who was in Nevada supporting Democratic Senate candidate Jacky Rosen, reflected on his own administration, saying, "When I walked into the Oval Office 10 years ago, we were in the middle of the worst economic crisis of our lifetime, the last time the other party was in charge."
"I hope people notice," he continued, "that every time there is a pattern where they [Republicans] run things into the ground, we have to come back and clean things up."
"Nevada was hit as hard as any place [during the last recession]; everybody here remembers," Obama said, before joking about the young age of the attendees. "Not everybody," he clarified. "Because some of you were really young. Those of you who are older than 15 remember, sort of."
It wasn't the first time Obama has challenged Trump's claims to a driving a booming economy. In September, Obama told a crowd in Illinois to "remember" the current economic recovery began under his administration, the New York Times reported at the time.