Spicer: Latest Jobs Report Reflects 'Confidence' That Trump Has Inspired

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published FEBRUARY 3, 2017, 1:15 PM EDT

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Friday suggested President Donald Trump "inspired" the job growth shown in the January jobs report, even though Trump was only sworn into office on Jan. 20.

"Today's report reflects the consumer confidence that the Trump presidency has inspired," Spicer told reporters at the daily press briefing. The economy added 227,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.8 percent. Trump himself said that the jobs report shows the "great spirit in the country right now."

A reporter later asked Spicer how many of the new jobs he attributes to Trump. The press secretary mentioned the "confidence index" and noted that Trump has made deals with companies like Carrier to keep jobs in the United States.

But Spicer said that the White House does not "have that kind of a breakdown" that would determine how many new jobs were created by Trump, and said he was "not ready to start parsing" the Bureau of Labor Statistics' report.

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[hibbing]

1. so predictable

A large segment of the American population keep forgetting that it is the Republicans that screw the economy, then the Democrats fix it.


Peace

[Hoyt]

2. Wait til the first luke warm report. Excuse -- Still dealing with lag from Obama's economy.

Trump is a joke. But to be fair, everyone takes credit if they can get away with it.

[Maeve]

3. Oh, there IS great spirit in the country and we ARE coming together, Spicy

But AGAINST you and your ilk!

[GusBob]

4. The end date of the report is Jan 12 th

Nearly 80 straight months of job growth

Parse that asshole

[yallerdawg]

5. Second month in a row...

where unemployment has gone up. Period.

November 4.6, December 4.7, January 4.8.

Thank you, Mr. Precedent!

[Renew Deal]

6. These guys are going to regret every one of these statements

It's just a matter of time.

[wordpix]

18. time better come soon b/c it's getting worse, not better

[NCjack]

7. If Obama was still president, the unemployment number

would have been LOWER.

[Blue_Tires]

8. Uh... That jobs report technically belongs to Obama

since it only counts up to the second week of January

[groundloop]

9. You're letting facts get in the way of a Yuuuuge brag.

We're not supposed to care about FACTS anymore..... just tRump's talking points.

[onetexan]

13. Yup, here's a better article

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/white-house-takes-victory-lap-on-jobs-report-that-doesnt-really-belong-to-trump-183926495.html

"The problem, however, is that Trump can’t exactly take total credit for the January jobs report. Trump, who said his focus is to create and bring back American jobs, took office on January 20th. The jobs figures, however, were based on household and establishment surveys conducted while Obama was still in office."

[Javaman]

10. don't you worry, as soon as the unemployment goes up

he will blame Obama

[wordpix]

19. he already tried that with his Fake News about Yemen ---said Pres. O ordered it

Totally false

[jmowreader]

11. It's an increase over last year, but down slightly from 2015

https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth

As you folks are so helpfully pointing out, in 7/17 when we start seeing negative numbers the "it's all Crooked Obama's fault!" tweets will start flowing.

[Tarheel_Dem]

12. So now they believe the government's numbers? My, how times have changed. nt

[rtracey]

14. trouble is

The trouble is Lonesome Rhodes has his way of dealing with his fucked up supporters, and they all believe this nutsack.

[joshdawg]

15. And sphincter lies again, and again, ad nauseum.

[lark]

16. EVeryone that works for drumpf is a liar, just like their boss.

Conjob is the orange lying sewer rat Barbie.
Spicer is all alternative facts.

Truth doesn't pass through either of their lips and doesn't even pass through their bosses so called (but never in evidence) brain.

[wordpix]

17. I think that's a job requirement, to back up Pres lies

whether KellyCon or Spicer believes them or not

[tclambert]

20. If you want detailed facts and numbers, talk to the survivors of the Bowling Green massacre.