BREAKING: Unemployment Claims Soar to New Record at 6.6 Million — Far Above Expectations!

By Jim Hoft
Published April 2, 2020 at 7:46am

US unemployment claims soared to 6.648 million this week — far above expectations.

This completely eclipses last week’s record claims at 3.3 million.

Experts were predicting 3.5 million new claims.

Marco Rubio told FOX and Friends the number is much higher than today’s number.

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Jim Hoft is the founder of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016.

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