GOP leaders at a literal loss for words about Biden-era job growth [View all]

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Job creation under President Biden has been extraordinary which has pissed off the idiots in the GOP

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Late last week, Americans received more great employment news: The economy added another 315,000 jobs in August, bringing the total for the year to 3.5 million jobs, with several months to go. This is a total more in line with what we’d expect to see in a full year, not eight months into the year. It also outpaces any individual year from Donald Trump’s term.

But wouldn’t you know it, GOP leaders on the Hill responded to the job numbers by saying literally nothing about the good news. No press releases, no tweets and no public comments. They literally found themselves speechless.

These same Republicans were similarly at a loss for words a month ago. And the month before that. And the month before that. And the month before that. And the month before that.

In fact, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy hasn’t issued a statement in response to U.S job data since January, when he released this gem lamenting news he considered “disappointing.”

“Our economy should be soaring right now, but the policies of this administration continue to stifle growth and hold back American businesses and workers.... In less than 12 months, the Biden administration has sabotaged what should have been a V-shaped recovery.”

The House GOP leader was referring to jobs data from December 2021 — a month that we now know saw job creation at 588,000 as the unemployment rate improved sharply. No one rooting for an economic recovery had reason to be “disappointed” by any of this.