Just when you think Dems can’t get more unhinged, they get more unhinged.
Case in point is this tweet from California Dem Rep. Ted Lieu on layoffs at Kimberly-Clark, maker of Huggies diapers:
I'm thinking that the 5,000 to 5,500 people losing their jobs at Kimberly-Clark are not too happy about the massive tax breaks to corporations and the ultra wealthy passed by the #GOP. https://t.co/jfjpC5DuD1
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 24, 2018
Lieu was responding to this tweet linking to the New York Times that said the company will use the tax cut to pay for the job cuts and “other restructuring moves”:
Kimberly-Clark, the maker of Huggies and Kleenex, says it will cut 5,000-5,500 jobs, about 13% of its workforce.
To help pay for the cuts and other restructuring moves, Kimberly-Clark said, it will use savings from the recently enacted corporate tax cut. https://t.co/6kZafTvEX0
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 24, 2018
But did Lieu actually read the article? Answer: NOPE! From RedState’s Caleb Howe who notes that the reason the company is laying off employees in the first place is because of declining worldwide birth rates:
From the article that @tedlieu obviously didn't read:
"…laying off about 13 percent of its work force and shedding factories worldwide, amid declining birthrates that are affecting diaper sales and a retail price war"— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) January 24, 2018
Yes, this is exactly what he’s arguing:
Are we to understand that the GOP tax cuts a month ago have made birthrates decline worldwide? https://t.co/rHW3xSqyup
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) January 24, 2018
Lieu also missed the part in the article where the tax cuts are being used to pay worker severance:
You want to know what tax cuts have to do with the story at all? They are using tax savings as part of the restructuring. You know what that includes? Workers severance. But gosh who cares about "crumbs" like that, right @tedlieu?
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) January 24, 2018
Exactly right. The GOP tax cut is actually helping these workers, but Lieu won’t admit it.
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