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| Commerce Sec doesn't ‘believe' news of grim job revisions because Trump said it: ‘I'm not familiar with that' |
| 2024-08-22 |
| [NY Post] Fire her. Now. All the liars. Social media users trashed President Biden’s Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo for admitting to ABC News on Wednesday that she wasn’t "familiar" with the day’s major revision to the jobs numbers. ABC News correspondent Kayna Whitworth asked Raimondo what she thought of the jobs numbers revision by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. "I am curious as to your thoughts on today the Bureau of Labor saying that more than 800,000 fewer jobs were actually created than initially reported," Whitworth said. The reporter played a clip of former President Trump talking about the report at his rally in North Carolina on Wednesday. "The administration padded the numbers with an extra — listen to this one — 818,000 jobs that don’t exist. So they said they existed and they never did exist. They built ’em up so they could say what a wonderful job they’re doing," Trump said. Raimondo appeared to dismiss the news as Trump spreading misinformation and when asked if the revision could be a liability for Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Harris, she said no. "No. When I hear that, first of all, I don’t believe it because I’ve never heard Donald Trump say anything truthful," Raimondo said. "It is from the Bureau of Labor," Whitworth responded. "I’m not familiar with that," Raimondo said, despite the report having been released several hours earlier. Raimondo moved on to tout optimism around Harris’ "pro-business" economic vision for the country. Meanwhile, the presidential candidate has been dinged in recent days for proposing what critics, including from the left, described as government price controls on businesses. Social media users couldn’t believe that one of the government’s top economic officials wasn’t familiar with the news of the jobs report. National Review senior writer Charles Cooke commented, "This is the Secretary of Commerce." Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich wrote, "There’s only so much you can fake or hide before things come crashing down. Biden’s decline, cooking the books on the economy, redefining ’recession,’ etc." "Holy hell. We are governed by idiots," conservative commentator Ned Ryun declared. Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik wrote, "This is the Secretary of Commerce btw." Comedian Tim Young stated, "They think you’re stupid." Related: Gina Raimondo 08/16/2023 GOP congressman says Chinese spies behind State Department hack also infiltrated his emails Gina Raimondo 06/09/2023 The Chilling Threat of Radicalized U.S. Military Vets Gina Raimondo 05/18/2022 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 17th, 2022 |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #11 ^She'll be very good for Chinese businesses. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-08-22 15:19 |
| #10 @7^ Does she even know what pro-business is? She be in the Gubment Business. And Business is good. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-08-22 15:16 |
| #9 Gowd Damn. Say what you will about Buttgig, at least he knows what the crust of his pie is. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-08-22 12:21 |
| #8 Yeah, the tax on unrealized gains is my personal favorite. My house increased by $150K since I bought it, so I have to pay tax on that, even if I don't sell. Of course, if the market crashes, and the value drops by that amount, I don't get my money back. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2024-08-22 12:03 |
| #7 Does she even know what pro-business is? Kamala business. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-08-22 11:59 |
| #6 ^ Tax on Unrealized Gains |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-08-22 11:59 |
| #5 "Raimondo moved on to tout optimism around Harris’ "pro-business" economic vision for the country. " Pro-business??? Increase the corporate tax rate, tax on capital gains, price controls is "pro-business"? Does she even know what pro-business is? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2024-08-22 11:57 |
| #4 It's your frickin Labor Dept, you dumb beech! |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-08-22 08:45 |
| #3 Commerce Secretary's Humiliating Answer on Jobs Report Shows Just How Bad the Harris-Biden Team Is |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-08-22 06:10 |
| #2 Perhaps Trump could ask Kennedy to have a look at this and provide additional exposure ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-08-22 06:04 |
| #1 US job market gets biggest markdown since 2009 with 818K fewer jobs than previously reported They were trying to hold this past the election |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-08-22 06:00 |