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I made the mistake of looking at @WhiteHouse to see what content they were putting out ahead of #SOTU.
I can't get those five minutes of my life back (please spare yourself!), but I can provide some FACTS on the actual state of our union:
I can't get those five minutes of my life back (please spare yourself!), but I can provide some FACTS on the actual state of our union:
FACT: The gap between the richest Americans and everyone else has grown under Trump’s watch. finance.yahoo.com/news/rich-poor…
FACT: Last year, the stock market had its worst year since the 2008 financial crisis. cnbc.com/2019/01/02/sto…
FACT: Consumer confidence fell to its lowest levels in over two years. marketwatch.com/story/consumer…
FACT: Americans are more pessimistic about the future of the economy than they’ve been in nearly two decades (Yes, even according to Fox News polling!). foxnews.com/politics/fox-n…
FACT: The #TrumpShutdown cost our economy $11 billion, including $3 billion permanently lost according to the @USCBO. cnbc.com/2019/01/28/gov…
FACT: Trump’s tax law has not created the jobs he promised. Only 4% of companies say they boosted hiring because of the #TrumpTaxScam. cnn.com/2019/01/28/bus…
FACT: During Trump’s first two years, the economy has added jobs at a slower rate than during Obama’s last two years. usatoday.com/story/money/20…
FACT: 800,000 federal workers and more than one million contractors went more than a month without a paycheck because of Trump’s shutdown. cnbc.com/2019/01/25/54-…
FACT: Trump is manufacturing a “crisis” at the border despite border apprehensions remaining near historic lows. washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
FACT: Workers did not benefit from the #TrumpTaxScam. 60% of voters said they had not seen an increase in their paychecks as a result of the Trump tax law. morningconsult.com/2018/12/17/ami…
FACT: The biggest drug companies announced more than $50 billion in stock buybacks after the #TrumpTaxScam, but made no plans to lower drug prices. wsj.com/articles/drug-…
FACT: Trump’s VA is planning to betray millions of veterans by rerouting billions of dollars from veterans’ hospitals into the private sector. nytimes.com/2019/01/12/us/…
FACT: Global approval of the U.S. hit a new low under Trump. pewglobal.org/2018/10/01/tru…
FACT: Trump praised dictators like North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un; congratulated authoritarians after undemocratic elections; and he extended a warm invitation to Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, who has openly defended the murder of journalists and extrajudicial killings.
FACT: Trump’s culture of corruption has permeated his administration with an endless string of misuse of taxpayer dollars, conflicts of interest, and concealing information. washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
FACT: More than a dozen of Trump’s top appointees have been forced out amid ethics scandals, including three Cabinet secretaries in the last year. bloomberg.com/graphics/trump…
FACT: Trump himself has continued to profit off the presidency through numerous conflicts of interest, and he has wasted tens of millions of dollars traveling to his own properties and golf courses. axios.com/donald-trump-p…
FACT: Trump immediately celebrated a court ruling in favor of a lawsuit he backed to overturn the ACA, which would take health care coverage away from around 20 million Americans, and put as many as 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditions.
FACT: The uninsured rate increased under Trump for the first time since the ACA was implemented. nytimes.com/2019/01/23/ups…
FACT: Trump’s shutdown halted enforcement of environmental protections, caused lasting damage to our national parks, and made us more vulnerable to wildfires and other natural disasters. nytimes.com/2019/01/09/cli…
FACT: The Trump administration tried to bury its own report showing that climate change could cost the economy hundreds of billions of dollars and lead to thousands of premature deaths if something is not done soon. cnn.com/2018/11/23/hea…
