BY MATT MARGOLIS | PJ Media
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The latest economic numbers were so bad…
How bad were they?
They were so bad that Steve Liesman of CNBC thought they
were wrong and had to double-check the numbers.
Experts had predicted that roughly a million Americans
would be added to the payrolls in April, so when the numbers were published by
the Department of Labor, Liesman hesitated to read them.
“It looks like 266,000, but maybe I have that wrong, let
me double-check the bureau website here … Yes, 266 is correct. Unemployment
changed to 6.1%. So we have some issues here.”
Ouch. While most people acknowledge how bad the number
were, Joe Biden tried (and failed) to spin the latest numbers in a positive
light.
“Quite frankly, we are moving more rapidly than I thought
we would.” Biden claimed. “This morning, we learned that our economy created
266,000 jobs in April.”
“Today, there is more evidence that our economy is moving
in the right direction, but it’s clear we have a long way to go,” he added.
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Matt Margolis is the author of Airborne: How The Liberal Media
Weaponized The Coronavirus Against Donald Trump, and the
bestselling book The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama,
and The Scandalous Presidency of
Barack Obama.
