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Scarborough: Media 'parroting' Trump economy when Obama's 'was much stronger'
The Hill ^ | 02 18 2020 | Joe Concha

Posted on 02/18/2020 10:21:32 AM PST by yesthatjallen

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on Tuesday credited former President Obama for the current strength of the economy, arguing that "Barack Obama’s economy was much stronger than Donald Trump’s economy."

The opinion from the former GOP congressman and co-host of "Morning Joe" comes as both Obama and Trump have taken credit for an economy that includes the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years, rising wages and a soaring stock market.

“Eleven years later, the unemployment rate is down, the stock market is up and President Trump is raging on Twitter. He's not happy,” co-host Mika Brzezinski said, referring to the 11 years that have elapsed since the end of the Great Recession.

“Here are the facts," Scarborough added. "We've had 11 years of uninterrupted economic growth. It started with the majority through the Obama administration, and if you just take the three years that Donald Trump has been in office, you take that time period and you compare it to Barack Obama’s final three years, by just about every measure, Barack Obama’s economy was much stronger than Donald Trump’s economy.”

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If you're wondering why Democrats are claiming Obamas' economy was more robust than Trumps' economy, it's because of this article:

On the economy, Democrats must brag louder than Trump

The article was written by Marik von Rennenkampff:

"Marik von Rennenkampff served as an analyst with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, as well as an Obama administration appointee at the U.S. Department of Defense. Follow him on Twitter @MvonRen."

This article is the go-to talking-points resource for Democrats and contains multiple hotlinks to articles that claim Obama had a better economy than Trump.

1 posted on 02/18/2020 10:21:32 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Mika certainly has this guy’s nads


2 posted on 02/18/2020 10:22:55 AM PST by Londo Molari
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To: yesthatjallen

Laurie Klausutis was unavailable for comment.


3 posted on 02/18/2020 10:23:17 AM PST by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Tell a lie often enough...


4 posted on 02/18/2020 10:23:36 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (If gun ownership by private citizens scares DemocRats, the 2nd Amendment is doing its job.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Not what my 401k plan says.


5 posted on 02/18/2020 10:23:37 AM PST by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: yesthatjallen

I SO miss the old days when presidents would just return to their previous lives as private citizens and quietly write their memoirs.


6 posted on 02/18/2020 10:23:54 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: yesthatjallen

Lies, lies, lies

And more lies

OCommie didn’t do squat

But the Dims were responsible for the racist affirmative action
mortgages touted by weasly Bwarney Fwank


7 posted on 02/18/2020 10:24:35 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Guns up . . . We cominÂ’ PS: Eric The Blower CIAramella. PASS IT ON)
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To: Londo Molari

She sucked brains out through his ****.


8 posted on 02/18/2020 10:25:52 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (AOC the bartender would have had to work on the second floor at Miss KittyÂ’s saloon...)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

It is pathetic that worthless nitwits like this fool are paid millions to lie and mislead people. That is a major problem with the economy.


9 posted on 02/18/2020 10:26:01 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: yesthatjallen

I heard the ghost of Woodrow Wilson appeared in a seance and claimed the current good economy is as a result of his policies finally taking effect.

Yeah, 100 years later. That was his plan and he set it up just right. Take THAT Obama!


10 posted on 02/18/2020 10:26:34 AM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Hey joe, you murdered Lori, dont think we will EVER forget that


11 posted on 02/18/2020 10:26:37 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: yesthatjallen

He’s truly hit 1984-esque newspeak. Up is down, black is white. The bammy economy was much stronger than President Trump’s??? I haven’t checked but I will bet you there is not one single objective measure of the economy that is not better under President Trump than it was under bammy’s occupation. Not one.


12 posted on 02/18/2020 10:27:26 AM PST by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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My job was threatened 3 times during GWB-Obama to be replaced with India workers.
Starting around 2016, it all changed.
I’m doing the best I EVER have in my 30+ years in chip design.


13 posted on 02/18/2020 10:27:27 AM PST by Zathras
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some liberal hack on fox news saying obama created ‘way more jobs’ than Trump did- what she didn’t mention was they were low wage 20 hour a week jobs- working fast food - and liberals were saying at the time that ‘noone really wants to work much longer anyways’ or some such nonsense- defending the president’s miserable job recovery efforts-

oh and let’s not forget the highly successful ‘cash for clunkers’ that did absolutely zero to stimulate the economy


14 posted on 02/18/2020 10:28:33 AM PST by Bob434
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To: A_Former_Democrat

OMG these people are just ridiculous the entire REASON for Trump is because Obama’s economy was SO BAD college grads could not find jobs!!! These people are banking on the American people being SO STUPID they will believe this!!!


15 posted on 02/18/2020 10:28:46 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: yesthatjallen; All
"Scarborough: Media 'parroting' Trump economy when Obama's 'was much stronger'"
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument

The desperate Left is trying to rewrite history again.

Obama's Magic Wand (1:04 min video)

Remember in November!

MAGA! Now KAGA! (Keep America Great Always!)

16 posted on 02/18/2020 10:31:22 AM PST by Amendment10
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To: gcparent
Interesting chart from Stock Market Performance by President (Macrotrends). The chart shows the running percentage gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average by Presidential term. Each series begins in the month of inauguration and runs to the end of the term. The y-axis shows the total percentage increase or decrease in the DJIA and the x-axis shows the term length in months.

I was surprised to see that comparison between Obama and Trump. Of course, the DJIA is a small indicator of the health of the economy. By every measure, we are FAR better off under the unrepentant capitalist Trump rather than the communist Obama.


17 posted on 02/18/2020 10:32:03 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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18 posted on 02/18/2020 10:32:03 AM PST by 4Liberty (NEW RULES.----Dan Bongino)
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To: yesthatjallen

Scarborough is a delusional arse-hole.


19 posted on 02/18/2020 10:33:49 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

These rat media liars never have a economics and/or business degree, much less an MBA. Obozzo handed out trillions of new debt to only major CORP’s. Trump has a Wharton degree in econ. He understands when you cut taxes on Corp’s it gives owners more Capital to hire/expand. Obama never understood land, labor, and Capital. All he knew was HAND OUTS.


20 posted on 02/18/2020 10:34:00 AM PST by Lumper20 (Our Congress must be stripped of FERS and their AFGE union insurance)
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