‘Nice try’: WH chief of staff tries to spike the ball over ‘new jobs’ comparison between Biden and Trump

Is there anything more disingenuous than shutting down businesses last year and blaming Trump, then re-opening with a Democrat in office and taking credit for all the “new” jobs? And yet here we are:

Trump's first year jobs record: 1.8 million new jobs.

Biden's first FIVE months: 3 million new jobs.https://t.co/bEH1fFpFec

— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) July 2, 2021

Oh puh-leeze!

I wasn’t a Trump supporter at all, but I think most realize this is a ludicrous comparison.

— Paul (@jayphadden) July 2, 2021

Judging from many of the replies many people don’t care about the context behind all that as long as they can credit Biden. Reality begs to differ:

US unemployment in 2016 was 4.7, now it's 5.9 so even without mentioning the pandemic, "new" is a stretch. (You can call out dishonesty in the Biden administration, journos, you really can, it's ok!) https://t.co/vuASau6eQ7

— Karol Markowicz (@karol) July 2, 2021

Returning jobs are not new jobs. #TheyThinkYoureStupid https://t.co/QWxhIZ2lv1

— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) July 2, 2021

This is framed in a really dishonest way. COVID(& gov't) artificially depressed the economy so there's that.
But nice try.

— Señia (@SeniaVJ) July 2, 2021

Yeah government shut down of business and pandemic had nothing to do with this. Where when Trump got in none of that was the case

— Reaganette (@Ezinger44) July 2, 2021

Lol people will fall for this. Nice 😂

— TB12 NM29 (@JaysonRamsey9) July 2, 2021

This is the most disingenuous comparison ever 🙄

— Harpua (@Harpua71) July 2, 2021

It’s the most disingenuous comparison ever, at least until the next comparison the Biden White House makes.