New RNC chair accidentally says America is better off now than under Trump

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

03/16/24 9:19 AM ET


Newly elected Chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) Michael Whatley accidentally said America is better off now than under former President Trump, during a Fox News appearance Friday.

Whatley attempted to argue that the country is worse off under President Biden’s leadership than it was four years ago with Trump in office, and that the country would improve if the former president were reelected, but he mixed up his words on air.

“At the end of the day, this comes down to a very simple contrast between President Trump and President Biden,” Whatley said. “Were you better off four years ago than you are today? The answer for this entire country is no. I mean, yes.”

“We are better off today, or, we will be better off under President Trump than we will under President Biden,” he stumbled. Whatley took over the leadership position last week. Since then, he has instigated a major reset for the party.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4536224-new-rnc-chair-accidentally-says-america-better-off-now/

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MSNBC played that clip last night.

[Ocelot II]

1. Was I better off four years ago than I am today?

Let's see, what was I doing four years ago?

Oh, yeah. I was on lockdown on account of a deadly pandemic and couldn't go anywhere for about a year while the pandemic got worse and people dropped like flies because Trump didn't think it was a big deal and advised people to just drink bleach or shine a UV light up their butt and everything would be fine.

[underpants]

6. I don't have a $270 student loan payment that would have been due yesterday

I borrowed $15k for 6 semesters finishing up my degree. Over 10 years I paid about $34k on a set payment plan. I had been paying as I could for the 15 years before that - don’t know the total on those. My balance (with daily compounded interest to continue) was …..$34k.

[TBF]

18. Same for me - my loan was forgiven

I had paid that low payment for years. I'm not a math major and I didn't even try to figure out how much I paid (but I'm sure someone worked those numbers and figured out we hit principal - and probably more - already).

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

28. Lockdown? Not me!

I was standing in line with a bunch of seniors waiting for the doors at Costco to open for the early "seniors-only" hour. Then we would all make a mad dash to the back of the store in hopes of grabbing a big pack of toilet paper and maybe some clorox wipes.

Good times. (or not)

[twodogsbarking]

2. He seems, well, confused.

[Rebl2]

3. Aren't all

republicans confused.

[ClimateHawk]

4. I'm way better off now than 4 years ago.

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1. Had my car paid off in 2023.
2. I'm making more money now than I have ever made in my life.
3. My 401k is the best its ever been.
4. I don't worry about getting Covid-19 anymore.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Is Whatley an "elderly gentleman with memory issues"?

[Attilatheblond]

11. Doesn't matter. Seems likely he could soon be an unemployed gentleman

How long before Ugly Naked Emperor tells the RNC to can his ass?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Alternatively, the RNC might be dissolved in 2025 or 2027 with the rump GOP if a new party arises that is less extreme.

[Aristus]

7. Four years ago, I was timing my bowel movements to coincide with work hours

so I didn’t have to use my house’s dwindling supply of toilet paper. MAGA assholes were hording it all.

Four years ago, I had to dress in personal protective equipment from head to toe in order to visit with every single patient, whether they presented to the clinic with respiratory symptoms or not.

Four years ago, I got the news that the custodian of our medical building, a beloved father and grandfather, and the sweetest man in existence, had died from COVID-19. There was no vaccine yet.

I’m definitely better off today than four years ago.

[twodogsbarking]

8. A Fraudian slip.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. I see what you did there! :)

[Deuxcents]

9. No slip..he told the truth the first time

[republianmushroom]

10. You are correct.

[cstanleytech]

12. Four years ago we had a petty, disrespectful, vengeful, traitorous, greedy, mother fucking asshole. Today we don't.

So ya I'm better off as I'm no longer scared as I know President Biden will not do anything deliberately to hurt our country where as with Trump as our President I was scared.

[PortTack]

15. Oh that guy is gonna be "Scaramuccied!"

[IronLionZion]

16. I'm better off by every measure

Spring 2021 was the last time anyone accused me of not being American enough for a job. My American-ness is my most reliable economic indicator my whole life. America went from "they're stealing our jobs" to "Nobody wants to work anymore" as Joe Biden rebuilt America's economy. Life in Trump's America was not great for me even before COVID. Life is awesome for me now. Biden and Harris actually made America great again.

But sure, let's blame the migrant workers who want to grow, pick, and process our food for our high food prices. All while wealthy corporations reap in record high profits and the stock market is at all time highs.

[FakeNoose]

17. Oh he won't last long

He'll be gone by Monday...

[mercuryblues]

19. 4 years ago

we were taking hydroxychloroquine with bleach, shoving lights up our asses, and licking horse paste.

Rewriting history books to include airplanes during the civil war. Getting our hurricane warnings with a sharpie.

If you didn't applaud him, you were accused of treason.

Waking up every morning to check and see if he started WW3 via a tweet.

Ohhhh, how I long for those days...NOT.

[twodogsbarking]

20. Washing the groceries.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

21. So this Whatley guy is co-chair with Lara Trump. Was he installed by TFG too?

Another stooge serving at the pleasure of TFG?

[Marcuse]

24. As the chair of the NC GOP he was chosen to offset the Nepo's inexperience. He's supposed to be the brains.

[Mawspam2]

22. Four years ago, all the store shelves were empty....

...as the entire world economy shut down. Then international shipping got backed up at the ports as the economy tried to restart.

Then there is that whole one-million dead Americans thing that Republicans want to memory-hole. One million empty seats at Thanksgiving, remember that? We're still dealing with 'long Covid' to this day.

The next big thing could be the Japanese Streptococcal A outbreak. It has a 30% fatality rate! Covid was nowhere this bad.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/japan-streptococcal-infections-rise-details

[NanaCat]

23. Four years ago

Our consumer landscaped looked like something out of the 1980s USSR: Grocers with almost-empty shelves, limited hours with queues to go inside, queues for essentials.

Numerous business went under, especially restaurants.

Black markets were the norm for OTC meds, toilet paper, paper towels, hand sanitizer, and sanitizing household cleaners like Lysol and bleach.

My husband had to have emergency surgery that year--getting in and out of the hospital was a nightmare. If he hadn't been an emergency case, it would have taken weeks or months to get surgery done because COVID patients required so many resources from every hospital, everywhere.

Yeah, Americans were loving living large in Leningrad 1981.

[LudwigPastorius]

25. Re: Whatley

He may not be very good at talking up his candidate, but he can steal money for him like a sonofabitch.

[LakeArenal]

26. Smooth.....

[Aussie105]

27. Not even worth discussing, is it?

Those who actually think things were better 4 years ago are beyond reason.

Don't argue with them, just smile and look away - and don't make eye contact!