"The line will be that Trump oversaw the greatest month or two or three of job creation in history."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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What Greg and Will describe will work on a whole other weird accounting line. Because we used the unemployment system rather than payroll to support displaced workers, when they are forced back on the job, it'll tally as record-breaking new job creation. https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/26/trumps-war-reality-just-got-lot-more-dangerous/#click=https://t.co/E1UiaHsiGk

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On net, the number of jobs "created" will be way lower than the 40-plus million we've just lost, but in Trump ads and GOP messaging (and across all right wing propaganda) the line will be that Trump oversaw the greatest month (or two or three) of job creation in history.

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"Data" is a weasel word here. Trump's failure to contain the virus caused 40 million people to lose their jobs; if he forces 10 or 20 million back into unsafe working conditions, he can lie about "creating" millions of jobs and loyalists like Byron will help sell it with "data."

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[Voltaire2]

1. Unless of course the rush to open results in a second wave like the 1918-1919 pandemic.

So our knucklehead knazis are making a huge gamble here with the lives, literally of hundreds of thousands of people.

They are betting that covid-19 will not blossom again before the election. And they are betting on this while at the same time blocking and undermining efforts to keep the virus suppressed.

They could get lucky.

[Walleye]

2. He will lie and brag about it no matter how it turns out.

And slander all Democrats with the worst filthy accusations we’ve ever heard. His cult will worship him for it.