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Tom Perez erroneously tags all Trump products with 'Made in China' label
U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez says Donald Trump does a fine job of creating jobs - in China.
Perez made that dig in an interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch shortly before he gave the keynote speech at the Democratic Party of Virginia’s Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner on June 18.
"Go look at a Trump product. They’re all made in China," Perez said.
No doubt, many Trump products are made overseas, a point the presumptive GOP presidential nominee has acknowledged in debates and interviews.
Perez went a few leaps beyond that in saying all Trump products are made in China. So we checked to see whether the secretary is right.
We asked Perez’s office for the source of his information. Mattie Munoz, his press secretary at the Department of Labor, said that since his comments were made on private time during a political event, she couldn’t comment. She suggested contacting Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, which in turn forwarded our request to the Democratic Party of Virginia.
Emily Bolton, a state Democratic Party spokeswoman, said she couldn’t comment on Perez’s statement but sent us links to a series of articles about Trump products that are made overseas.
So we set out on our own window-shopping spree, eying items listed on The Trump Organization’s website and searching for where they are manufactured.
We found that many Trump items are made in China, including cuff links, sport coats, shirts, eyeglasses, lamps and mirrors.
It’s impossible to get an exact read on what percentage of items are from China, because many items don’t disclose their exact origin. Some listed on Amazon.com and other shopping websites merely say that they’re "imported."
We emailed the Trump campaign twice to see what percentage of his products are made in China but didn’t get a response.
China isn’t the only country that makes Trump products. The billionaire candidate acknowledged during a June 21 interview on ABC that his company manufactures neckties in China, suits in Mexico, furniture in Turkey, and barware in Slovenia.
We found that some Trump ties were made in Indonesia and Vietnam in addition to China. Many Trump shirts were made in Bangladesh, and some sport coats were made in India.
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