NYT: Trump administration asking state officials to hold off releasing unemployment numbers.

[mobeau69]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/world/coronavirus-update-cases.html

Damn!

[doc03]

1. Trump claimed Obama's unemployment numbers were fake now he asked the

states to fake the numbers

[mobeau69]

5. This better be the end of that fucker.

4 more years is not an option for me.

[wishstar]

2. States are waiting on federal unemployment funds, so may feel pressure to comply with request

[mobeau69]

4. The old quid pro quo.

[CatWoman]

3. K; R

[dalton99a]

6. "Don't make Trump look bad"

[mobeau69]

7. See 5.

[Totally Tunsie]

8. Hopefully, he'll stroke out when the actual numbers come down.

Everything this fool loves to tout has fallen into the crapper - stock market, unemployment, etc.

[unitedwethrive]

9. Oh come on! Won't they just look twice as bad next time?

I think incremental notice is always better.