Thread by @TheLastRefuge2

1) This is a good spot to put some research showing how incredibly fabricated this administration is.

Do you remember that massive PR push on how Biden was going to improve supply chains and the ports in California?

Well, we did a review of actual results so far.

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1478100206419853318

2) October 13, 2021, Joe Biden delivered widely carried remarks about specific actions his administration was taking to increase operations at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Port of Long Beach (POLB).

3) White House fact sheet is HERE, “announcing a series of public and private commitments to move more goods faster, and strengthen the resiliency of our supply chains, by moving towards 24/7 operations at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.”

whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

4) On November 17, 2021, the WH gave an update, “Recent Progress at Our Ports: Moving Cargo and Filling Shelves.” Claiming the increased hours of operations were delivering on the White House expectations of increased productivity and offloading capacity.

whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

5) I don't think they ever expected anyone to check and see if their talking points matched the actual results of what was happening at the ports.

But we did...

6) Ports record their data in 20-foot equivalent units, or TEU’s. The Port of LA data shows they handled 468,713 import containers in October, and 405,309 in November.

That’s a *DECREASE* of 63,404 import containers from the prior month (Oct).

portoflosangeles.org/business/stati…

7) The POLA also showed a decrease in Total TEU’s handled (import and export). As you can see above, the total TEU’s handled in October was 902,643. The total TEU’s handled in November was 811,459.

That’s a decrease of 91,184 total containers handled.

8) This is the exact opposite of what Biden, Harris and Buttigieg were claiming as recently as a few weeks ago.

9) To be sure it wasn't just one port outcome, next we look at the Port of Long Beach (POLB).

10) POLB Total Loaded containers (carrying cargo) in October 2021, the month of the White House announcement, was 507, 214.

In the full month of November 2021, the total of loaded containers handled was 472,215.

That’s a *DECREASE* of 34,999 containers.

polb.com/business/port-…

Perhaps WH did not expect anyone to check when they claimed 11/29:

“The Ports of LA and Long Beach—which handle 40 percent of the country’s containerized imports—continue to show improvement in moving containers out of the docks and into warehouses.”

whitehouse.gov/nec/briefing-r…

12) There’s a strong possibility they did not expect anyone to notice, because part of their logistical scheme involved telling the ship operators to wait further offshore so that it would give the illusion of less congestion near port:

latimes.com/business/story…

13) The outcomes speak for themselves. Both the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach handled less cargo and fewer containers in the first full month of the “new expanded operations” than they did in the previous month when the expanded operations were announced.

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