WaPo attempt to turn WV governor ending extra federal unemployment into personal scandal is backfiring on a narrative

Doug P. | 1:02 PM on June 07, 2021

Over the past several months there have been many Democrats insisting that enhanced federal unemployment benefits do not keep people from seeking work, but the Washington Post — with this report that seems like an attempt to create a scandal involving W.V. Gov. Jim Justice — has demonstrated otherwise:

In West Virginia, the governor announced he was ending extra federal pandemic jobless benefits. Soon after, the resort he owns saw an uptick in job applications. https://t.co/Xvo0qIdcV7

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 7, 2021

The Post is making a point here, just not the one they obviously intended:

this sort of proves the point, no? https://t.co/37grDbG8aj

— streiff (@streiffredstate) June 7, 2021

There are tortured stories, and then there's this masterpiece. Is the argument that any governor who owns a business is not allowed to help his state's job market because people might…gain employment?

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) June 7, 2021

BREAKING: “The Post makes the truly remarkable discovery that people go get jobs when the government stops paying them to stay home.” https://t.co/kM5phhz9cx

— Carlton Hinds (@methuselaschild) June 7, 2021

Well, no kidding. You get people off these extra benefits, they’ll put themselves out there more.

The Washington Post is trying to make this out to be scandalous that people are applying at his resort. What’s the problem? https://t.co/vWVDdzId3f

— Mike Dury (@MikeDury) June 7, 2021

Thanks for proving the point of so many Republicans, WaPo!