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Why Trump supporters give him a pass on record-high unemployment
Axios ^ | 01 18 2024 | Emily Peck

Posted on 01/18/2024 5:05:54 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Supporters of former President Donald Trump cite his economic record as a reason to vote for him, but that's a bit puzzling.

Why it matters: Trump's economic record is only good if you leave off what happened from March 2020 to the end of his administration.

Zoom in: When the pandemic hit, the jobless rate soared to a record 14.8% β€” a level not seen since the Great Depression.

The rate did come down a bit after that, but when Trump left office there were fewer jobs in the country than when he got there β€” the first time that's happened since Herbert Hoover was president.

There were long lines at food pantries. Gas prices fell a lot β€” to $1.77 a gallon in April 2020 β€” something both the former president and his supporters note. But that was because the country was on lockdown and demand for gas plummeted.

The big picture: Trump supporters may be just giving him a pass on the pandemic economy, as the New York Times columnist Paul Krugman writes.

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To: Gena Bukin

Books arraigned by rainbow colors. Is she telling us something?


41 posted on 01/18/2024 5:50:18 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: DesertRhino

Most people arrange their books by topic, or author, or size.

But not horse face.
Horse face arranged the bookshelf by color.
Rainbow ordered color.
Because rainbows matter 🌈 to horse face.

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42 posted on 01/18/2024 5:55:10 PM PST by CapandBall
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To: yesthatjallen

Lol, you beat me to it.


43 posted on 01/18/2024 5:56:42 PM PST by CapandBall
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To: Timber Rattler; Alberta's Child

How many Americans (including those here on FR) shrieked that Trump wasn’t doing enough when his initial response was to treat Covid akin to a slightly deadlier flu?

(And in terms of the governors who actually had the authority to mandate masks and set lockdown policy, the only one who didn’t was Kristi Noem of South Dakota.)


44 posted on 01/18/2024 5:59:28 PM PST by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Paul Krugman “economist”. LOL!

We all know that it was states and cities that closed businesses, not Trump. For instance, in my rural county, unemployment did not change at all during the pandemic. Businesses, including local government offices, continued on as usual.


45 posted on 01/18/2024 6:02:33 PM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007; Timber Rattler
How many Americans (including those here on FR) shrieked that Trump wasn’t doing enough when his initial response was to treat Covid akin to a slightly deadlier flu?

Damn straight, Ultra.

I knew this country was doomed when I saw how many Branch Covidians right here on this website had the audacity to scold me for refusing to shut down my business and hide under my bed in March-April of 2020.

46 posted on 01/18/2024 6:02:43 PM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Didn’t take long for the prog zeepers to jump in on this one.


47 posted on 01/18/2024 6:03:04 PM PST by ChuckHam
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To: yesthatjallen

uh, ‘cause he’s not responsible for it?


48 posted on 01/18/2024 6:03:53 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (Wake me up when somebody tells the truth.)
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To: simpson96

That girl is going places.


49 posted on 01/18/2024 6:05:07 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (Wake me up when somebody tells the truth.)
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To: Gena Bukin

My eyes! MY EYES!


50 posted on 01/18/2024 6:08:34 PM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: yesthatjallen

My State SHUT down. Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, Costco, and the big grocery outlets were open. EVERYTHING else shut down.


51 posted on 01/18/2024 6:08:45 PM PST by Glad2bnuts (β€œAnd how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: yesthatjallen

This is rich, Trump gave us the best economy in a generation. Pure propaganda for clueless fools who actually trust Axios.


52 posted on 01/18/2024 6:08:53 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: yesthatjallen
When the pandemic hit, the jobless rate soared to a record 14.8% β€” a level not seen since the Great Depression.

That sentence alone explains why we give Trump a pass for unemployment during the pandemic. He didn't cause the pandemic and his economic policies led to record employment growth before the pandemic hit.

I saw one analysis that said that unemployment numbers were exaggerated during the pandemic, and not that many people actually lost jobs. A lot of people started working from home, and it became almost impossible to buy a new office chair.

53 posted on 01/18/2024 6:14:45 PM PST by exDemMom (Dr. exDemMom, infectious disease and vaccines research specialist.)
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To: Gena Bukin

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54 posted on 01/18/2024 6:16:34 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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To: mlitefan

Severe TDS


55 posted on 01/18/2024 6:18:28 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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To: Jim Robinson

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56 posted on 01/18/2024 6:19:51 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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To: yesthatjallen

Nice catch

Not so subtle propagandizing at the very least


57 posted on 01/18/2024 6:23:40 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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58 posted on 01/18/2024 6:30:29 PM PST by curious7
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To: yesthatjallen
Why it matters: Trump's economic record is only good if you leave off what happened from March 2020 to the end of his administration

Trump can be faulted for failing to stop the Covid scare which ruined the economy in 2020.

However his competition are the people who pushed the Covid scare in 2020.

So uhm, of course we blame the people that pushed for our downfall over their competition who merely failed to stop the push.

59 posted on 01/18/2024 6:56:11 PM PST by AndyTheBear (Certified smarter than average for my species)
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To: yesthatjallen
Supporters of former President Donald Trump cite his economic record as a reason to vote for him, but that's a bit puzzling. Why it matters: Trump's economic record is only good if you leave off what happened from March 2020 to the end of his administration.

This article writer basically admits their dishonesty / blatantly false narrative - or maybe the author is just that stupid to believe this headline and that it is "puzzling"? Uh, pandemic? That has nothing to do with his economic policies or economic record. Literally admits his record was good until the pandemic hit....then claims it is puzzling to claim Trump had a good economic record?

Yikes...this is so embarrassingly absurd it just makes the head spin.

60 posted on 01/18/2024 7:01:21 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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