Latest Numbers Show Red States Are Saving Joe Biden, Even as He Trashes Them – Opinion

If you’ve paid attention to the White House’s messaging lately, you’ve probably found yourself with a headache from time to time. It is amazing to see the amount of spin and contradiction being presented. The biggest issue that the administration is most steadfast about is the growth in job opportunities.

If you listen to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, who took his turn under the bus recently for Biden’s failures, the last year has been a roaring success. You see, according to Klain, it doesn’t matter that the government arbitrarily destroyed millions of jobs prior to some lesser number returning. All that matters is that they are “creating jobs,” context be damned.

But context does matter, and many on the right have long asserted that it is red states defying Biden’s policies that have led to whatever marginal economic growth we’ve seen as a nation. This is now proven.

NEW: Republican governors are leading 16 of 20 top jobs in states which have been rehabilitated from the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/iiq3wYCwIN

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 25, 2022

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, 16 states are Republican-led. Additionally, the top four Democrat-led state on the list include two red states that have Democrat governors.

What’s that tell us? That tells us, in short, that states which have not paid attention to Joe Biden, Anthony Fauci, are doing well economically. Given that reality, doesn’t it seem rather ridiculous for the president to then try to take credit for job growth he has directly worked to stifle? Yet, that’s exactly what he’s doing. Worse, he’s continuously trashed the very red states that have, to this point, offered his administration the only lifeline it has. How’s that for gratefulness?

As I’ve said before, a three-legged dog could be president right now and be producing better results. Why? Biden simply had to keep out of the way. The result would have been organic job growth. He just couldn’t do it, though, and the Democrat-led states that have followed his lead continue to be an economic drag on the country. RedState earlier reported in January that overall employment growth has fallen well short of expectations, month after month. That’s not because of Texas and Mississippi. That’s because New York and California, among others, are still governing like it’s June 2020.

I fear the nation won’t break out of this malaise until it’s forced to by the election results in November. You might finally witness some blue bastions changing their course if and when Democrats are defeated. Until then, you can expect a bumpy ride, and the only relief will be mostly provided by the very states Biden can’t stop complaining about.