Today’s jobs report was nothing to write home about, with only 210,000 people being added to various payrolls. It was well below 50 percent of the projected number, which had been higher than previously estimated.
Although the report was not good, the Biden administration still found something they could latch on to. The 4.2 percent unemployment rate in the monthly reports was hailed as a triumph. Of course, there’s a lot of context missing in that claim, which we’ll get to in a moment.
Yet, it was Joe Biden’s remarks on this that raised the most eyebrows today. It is not unusual for the White House and its staff to report negative news. But you don’t necessarily expect a visibly ill Biden to appear, blaming his grandson for kissing him and making wildly misleading claims about the economy. This guy should be kept in bed.
Biden’s voice is a mystery. pic.twitter.com/ydvEpDlJiF
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 3, 2021
Joe Biden gets asked why his sound is so bad:
“I have a 1 & 1/2-year-old grandson who has a cold who likes to kiss his pop. He’d be kissing my, anyway…But it’s just a cold.” pic.twitter.com/rZPbYNBBAc
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 3, 2021
Yeah, that’s kind of weird. He’s putting his grandson on blast for the fact that he has a cold? I don’t know who does this. And you’ll have to forgive me for not buying that story at all. If one of his grandsons was obviously sick, there’s no way Biden’s handlers would have let him interact with him. So what’s actually going on with the president? Given the lack of transparency from the White House and the lack of interest from the media, we’ll almost certainly never find out.
But, why would you send him there in such a state? Just say he’s sick and reschedule. I think the reason they didn’t do that is that they know what it looks like when Biden suddenly disappears for days on end. This is a man who has rescheduled numerous events at the last minute — with no real explanation — throughout this term. In response, many of us suspect he’s dealing with cognitive decline, but a man of his age is also susceptible to all kinds of other physical illnesses. It is not a good idea to put a man nearly 80 years old in the White House.
But he’s going to run for re-election in 2024? Consider me very skeptical.
Biden managed to speak a few times, though he looked almost paralysed at the podium. His handlers were so rude that they made Biden gaslight. On gas prices, Biden claimed to have lowered them “significantly.”
Joe Biden boasts that oil and gasoline prices will be “significantly” lower. pic.twitter.com/K1IcJro1qc
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 3, 2021
However, the truth is that gas prices actually rise. down only two centsOver the past month, they have remained over one dollar higher than when he was elected. The president must have seen the ridiculous chart from DCCC yesterday asking people to give Biden thanks for their supposed reductions and decided to accept it.
Lastly, I’ll note that Biden also touted the unemployment rate falling to 4.2%. Yet, when the jobs report is weak but the UE rate still falls, there’s only one possible explanation for that. The reason is that there are still many people who don’t want to work. Massaged numbers that completely miss the full context are not something to be bragging about, but I guess this administration needs “wins” wherever they can get them.
High inflation and mediocre growth are major problems. This problem cannot be fixed with wishful thinking or not so clever propaganda. Only makes the problem worse is that our old, sickly and senile man is in charge.
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