Thread by @pleasesaveour

Democractic talking points week of 11/1/2021

Jobs numbers:
1/16/21 Trump - 886K unemployment claims in one week
10/23/21 Biden - 269K claims in one week, almost back to pre-pandemic numbers
cnbc.com/2021/11/05/job…
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Stock market exploded based on job creation

Employers added 531,000 jobs in October, a big improvement from the previous month and a sign of optimism as the latest coronavirus surge eases.
wsj.com/articles/globa…

Usually the first year of a President's term's economy is really based on the previous years actions. So when Trump claimed int he first half of 2017 that it was the greatest economy and stock market ever, that was really because of Obama. But...
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Because of the pandemic, Biden inherited the worst economy in modern history and with the help of the Democrats and a few Republicans, turned that terrible economy around in less than 10 months due to quick action on the pandemic. So fuq your freedoms from vaxxing.
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We are in an inflationary period due to wild swings but this was the worse pandemic in 100 yrs, so perfection and a smooth ride was never in the cards.
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forbes.com/sites/simonmoo…

Imagine if you will if Trump and the GOP were still in charge. Just look again at the numbers from January. Those numbers would have gotten worse, as they were all just trying to win the election, without doing anything to get people vaxxd and back to work
brookings.edu/blog/order-fro…

A president has only limited control over the economy. And yet there has been a stark pattern in the United States for nearly a century. The economy has grown significantly faster under Democratic presidents than Republican ones
#VoteDem2022
#VoteBlue2022
nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opi…

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