Economics expert bursts Joe Biden's bubble over job creation claims: 'Hasn’t added one single job'
An economics expert has burst President Joe Biden's narrative that he is responsible for creating record job growth.
What has Biden claimed?
Throughout his presidency, Biden has repeatedly claimed that his administration has created more jobs than any previous administration.
Just last week, Biden said he is responsible for creating 6.4 million jobs in 2021, attributing the alleged success to the American Rescue Plan, the Biden COVID-stimulus package that some economists claim has worsened inflation.
"We added 6.4 million jobs last year. That’s the most jobs in any calendar year by any president in history," Biden said. "How? The American Rescue Plan got the economy off its back and humming again — and 200 million vaccinations got Americans out of their homes and back to work."
We added 6.4 million jobs last year.\n\nThat\u2019s the most jobs in any calendar year by any president in history.\n\nHow? The American Rescue Plan got the economy off its back and humming again \u2014 and 200 million vaccinations got Americans out of their homes and back to work.— President Biden (@President Biden) 1641577500
But what is the truth?
While it is true the economy added 6.4 million jobs last year, the Biden administration is deceitfully framing their alleged accomplishment by obscuring the fact that the vast majority of those jobs are not new. Rather, the majority of those jobs were Americans returning to the workforce after the worst of the COVID-related lockdowns ended.
ADP chief economist Nela Richardson made that exact point during a CNBC interview on Wednesday.
In fact, Richardson explained that Biden is not responsible for adding "one single job" from the "high-water mark" under then-President Donald Trump in 2019 before the COVID pandemic.
"The economy — and this is an important point — hasn’t added one single job from the 2019 high-water mark. Not one," Richardson declared.
"All the jobs that we have seen gained are recovered jobs that were lost. We’re not yet producing new jobs," Richardson explained. "In fact, we’re still about nearly 4 million jobs short. So, these wage gains are coming on top of a shrinking workforce, and it’s not being fueled by productivity enhancements."
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirm Richardson's point. According to the latest report, the economy remains 3.6 million jobs short of pre-pandemic levels in February 2020, which means the economy remains at a net-loss on jobs.
FACT: Joe Biden hasn't added a single job from 2019 highs.\n\nAll jobs added so far are simply recovered jobs, previously lost during lockdowns. At a time when our economy should be booming, Biden's war on small business is restraining our economic growth.pic.twitter.com/w3JXgSVcNl— Job Creators Network (@Job Creators Network) 1642006208
Regarding wage gains, Richardson explained those, too, are not true gains, but are being driven by labor shortages. And even those gains are being destroyed by high inflation.
"I think that wages are going to be a false metric," Richardson said. "It's not driving inflation, and wages are trying to keep up with an economy that is now feeling the effects of all kinds of different shortages from different angles."
'I did nothing wrong': Mom punched at DC rally is now out of a job, and fearful she can't get one
Trump supporter Therese Duke was left bruised and bleeding after being punched in the face at a rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5. Since then, footage of the ordeal went viral — partially thanks to her own daughter outing her on social media — and now the Massachusetts mom is out of job.
Duke told the Boston Herald this week that she "did nothing wrong," and fears the attention over the ordeal will keep her from regaining employment elsewhere.
What are the details?
On the night before a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, Duke's face went viral as she was recorded bleeding amid a clash between Trump supporters and law enforcement.
She was seen in early footage with a bloodied nose, claiming that she was hit by a Black Lives Matter supporter. The altercation was also recorded, and shows Duke being punched by a female officer, later identified as Ashanti Smith, after Duke reached for Smith's phone as the officer was recording the crowd.
Smith was then allegedly punched twice by Duke's sister, Anne Lorenz, leading police to respond with pepper spray.
ON THE CODE SHE DID WHAT SHE HAD TO DO🤣🤣 MINK MINK https://t.co/mljLbZN4ym— ⁶Kid (@⁶Kid)1609912375.0
Two days later, Duke's daughter, 18-year-old Helena Duke, mocked her mother on Twitter, writing, "hi mom remember the time you told me I shouldn't go to BLM protests bc they could get violent...this you?"
Now, Duke has lost her job of 15 years at UMass Memorial hospital. The medical center issued a statement Friday saying that it had "been made aware that one or more of our employees may have been involved at the violence," and delivered another statement within hours saying "a caregiver who may have been involved in this week's violent events at the nation's capitol" was "no longer a part" of the organization.
"I did nothing wrong," Duke insisted to the Herald. "I was the one who was assaulted."
Duke, who was a medical assistant at UMass Memorial, told the outlet she felt "forced" to resign, and now feels she might not be able to land another gig.
"Anybody can Google me," she said. "Nobody will hire me."
Was anyone charged?
The New York Post reported:
The woman identified as Duke's puncher, law enforcement officer Ashanti Smith, was arrested and charged with simple assault. She pleaded not guilty during an arraignment that same day, court records show, claiming it was self-defense.
Duke's sister, Anne Lorenz, was arrested and charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer.
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