Thread by @aaronsojourner

@GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump The talking point changed. The job-growth trend, not so much.

@GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump Same story with the unemployment rate.

The administration was born on third base & you work to con us into thinking it hit a triple.
#NoFool

@GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump Beyond coasting on inherited trends, how has POTUS used power of his office?

Managed 1 big econ policy change: #TCJA tax law. Gave gift ($$ requiring no behavior change) to company owners. Profits skyrocketed.

Wages? An average hour of work buys 1.3% more now than a year ago.

@GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump Put $1+ trillion to lower corporate taxes & inheritance taxes that could have instead reduced middle-class families' taxes or met his promise to improve infrastructure or...
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#priorities

@GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump We shouldn't judge POTUSs on the state of the economy. All our decisions together produce the economy. It doesn't change when the resident of the White House does.

We should judge POTUSs on how they use the power of their office & the impact of those decisions.
#priorities

@GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump This chicken can claim it is doing an awesome job driving because it inherited the wheel when momentum's going the right way.

When circumstances require more than squawking & preening, the truth will be clear.

@GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump Update: average hour of work buys just 1.2% more now than a year ago, according to new data on consumer prices released this morning. Gas and shelter prices up.

Both wage & price growth low & accelerating modestly but prices accelerating a bit more.

https://twitter.com/BLS_gov/status/1126826754813964288?s=19