Job growth so strong, the GOP is (literally) at a loss for words

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How good was the latest report on new jobs? Republican leaders were literally at a loss for words.

Job growth so strong, the GOP is (literally) at a loss for words
For months, Republicans tried to draw a direct connection between the White House's economic agenda. As it turns out, that wasn't a good idea.
msnbc.com
8:51 AM · Aug 9, 2021

It was around this time a few months ago when the public first saw the report on April's job growth. At face value, the numbers looked quite good: 269,000 jobs were created that month, which under normal circumstances, would've constituted a terrific total.

But there's nothing normal about the circumstances, and April's numbers were a bitter disappointment. Since most analysts expected far more robust growth, Republicans immediately pounced, blaming President Biden and congressional Democrats for the economic setback. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) released this press statement soon after the data was released:

"Today's disappointing jobs report confirms once again that President Biden's tax-and-spend policies are bad for American workers, families, and small businesses.... Experts are calling this jobs report the 'worst miss in 23 years', and it was a direct result of President Biden's counterproductive policies. So President Biden is not fixing a crisis, but creating new ones."

In the days that followed, McCarthy continued to make a direct connection between the White House's economic agenda and the U.S. job market. A week after April numbers were released, the House GOP leader again argued, "President Biden and Democrats will make excuses for this abysmal reality, but the truth is their own massive spending agenda created this problem." McCarthy specifically pointed to Democratic unemployment benefits as "one of the main causes of the striking predicament our country has found itself in."

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[mopinko]

1. pretty impressive agenda if it impacts the economy before it's even passed.

[orwell]

2. Predicted RePubeLieCon response...

...Biden inherited the strongest economy from TFG! Even he can't slow down the TFG economic miracle train!

He is reaping the benefits of TFG's economic vision!

The economy is responding to Red State Governors' leadership on Covid-45!

On edit: They always have plenty of words. If fact that's all they ever have. The party of pathological liars and sociopaths will say anything whether it makes any sense at all. And then, poof, it suddenly becomes a mainstream MSM talking point. i.e. cancel culture, critical race theory, Mr. Potato Head, Defund the police.


And their brain dead worshipers will suck it up hook, line, and sinker...

[Brother Mythos]

3. Unfortunately, it's just a matter of time.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. It's driving them nuts

They knew they couldn't defend Trump's economic record, now they're seeing Biden put the economy into overdrive and they are speechless.

A reminder, Donald Trump had the worst jobs record of any President since Herbert Hoover and left the worst year for growth since WWII.

[IronLionZion]

6. GOP is so shocked that Dem policies create jobs fast

while GOP policies create sweet profits that are supposed to trickle down some day or something like that.

[cstanleytech]

7. Is the growth new jobs though or simply the result

mostly of people being essentially hired to fill previous positions from before the virus led to companies firing people due to lack of business?