Damage control! Biden tries to explain why the jobs report isn't abysmal (and guess what's to blame for the bad news)

Doug P. | 1:27 PM on October 08, 2021

By any objective measure, today’s jobs report was dismal. Hosts on CNBC were nearly speechless:

CNBC panel shocked by terrible September jobs report: “Woah,” “That is real low.”

Biden is failing! pic.twitter.com/hzmudK4nWg

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 8, 2021

However, Biden was so eager to talk about today’s jobs report that his speech only started almost an hour and a half late:

83 minutes late — speech on disappointing jobs numbers #HowLateIsJoeBiden

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 8, 2021

Eventually, Biden spoke, and he tried his best to put a positive spin on another dismal report:

Biden explains away his disappointing September jobs report by saying that "the monthly totals bounce around, but if you take a look at the trend, it's solid." pic.twitter.com/a4zobMLwYU

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 8, 2021

Holy sh*t Biden is celebrating today’s abysmal jobs report pic.twitter.com/uDPIsXfcAZ

— Jewish Deplorable (@TrumpJew2) October 8, 2021

"Jobs up, wages up, unemployment down. That's progress," President Biden says on the U.S. jobs report. pic.twitter.com/N5jGYSoWvM

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 8, 2021

Charles Payne isn’t buying the spin:

Using the logic President Biden just used to celebrate a horrific employment report, we should all root for 2.2 million people drop out the labor force so we can take the "unemployment rate" to 0.0%.#BuildBackBetter

— Charles V Payne (@cvpayne) October 8, 2021

As for the really bad parts of the report, Biden continues to blame the virus: