White House issues pro-Biden talking points for your Thanksgiving dinner and gets mocked mercilessly on social media



The White House released recommended talking points to be brought up at Thanksgiving dinner and faced merciless ridicule and mockery from critics on social media.

The proclamation came from White House chief of staff Ron Klain, who posted the talking points on his official social media account.

\u201cOne last item for your Thanksgiving dinner: some talking points when "that Uncle" comes "at you" about @POTUS.\u201d
— Ronald Klain (@Ronald Klain) 1669211339

The list touted President Joe Biden's accomplishments, including "tackling inflation" — which is still at record heights — and "lowering costs" — despite inflation still being a drag on the economy.

The talking points did not persuade critics on social media who took the occasion to slam Klain and Biden with bitter vituperation.

"If somebody pulls this sheet out during Thanksgiving dinner, you are fully justified in catapulting them into the nearest body of water," replied Ben Shapiro.

"How about instructions for rigging 10,000 volt dining room chairs for anybody who whips out talking points at Thanksgiving Dinner," responded Twitter celebrity David Burge.

"He won't 'come at you' because the only person who 'comes at you' at Thanksgiving is your obnoxious zoomer cousin who will occasionally look up from their iPhone to tell you how bad capitalism is," tweeted Noah Blum.

"Giving people a list of facts to debunk whatever they believe is ineffective because you have to build trust first. Pulling out the fact sheet during Thanksgiving Dinner...not trust-building," responded journalist Zaid Jilani.

"Thanksgiving dinner will cost American families, on average, 20% more this year. Instead of an honest assessment of the economy and better policy, the White House is offering America talking points (literally)," replied Bryan Griffin, the press secretary to Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Griffin was referring to a survey released by the American Farm Bureau Federation on Wednesday showing that a Thanksgiving dinner had risen in cost precipitously from last year.

“General inflation slashing the purchasing power of consumers is a significant factor contributing to the increase in average cost of this year’s Thanksgiving dinner,” said AFBF chief economist Roger Cryan.

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As inflation destroys the dollar's purchasing power, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain announces that 'for the first time ... the signatures of two women will appear on our currency'



While Americans witness the the purchasing power of their hard-earned money swiftly decline amid soaring inflation, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain issued a tweet noting that U.S. currency will bear the signatures of two women for the first time ever.

The signature of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen cannot be placed on the bills until a U.S. treasurer is installed, according to the New York Times, which noted that the rules require that the two signatures be added to new series of currency at the same time.

But that will no longer be an obstacle. President Joe Biden has decided to appoint Marilynn Malerba, chief of the Mohegan tribe, to serve as U.S. treasurer — she will be the first Native American to serve in the post, according to the White House.

"And, for the first time in history, the signatures of two women will appear on our currency," Klain tweeted.

\u201cAnd, for the first time in history, the signatures of two women will appear on our currency.\u201d
— Ronald Klain (@Ronald Klain) 1655841791

Klain's comment comes as Americans get hit hard by roaring inflation, which has been eroding the purchasing power of their money.

"The all items index increased 8.6 percent for the 12 months ending May, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending December 1981," the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics noted in a consumer price index report released earlier this month.

As of Tuesday, the AAA national average for a gallon of gas is $4.968.

Brad Polumbo responded to Klain's tweet by noting, "i care more about our currency being eroded and us getting poorer than this symbolism."

"Excellent. Now talk about inflation," John J. Miller tweeted.

"Our country’s money is being turned into Monopoly money and you’re worried about this?" the Libertarian Party of Tennessee tweeted.

"This is what counts as a progressive win nowadays? Signatures on money?" Fox News reporter Timothy H.J. Nerozzi tweeted. "Our economy is collapsing," he added.

"Means absolutely nothing when our currency is becoming more and more worthless by the day," Olivia Rondeau commented.

"You can’t fill up your car? Who cares! Our currency is feminist!" Kingsley Cortes tweeted.

\u201cYou can\u2019t fill up your car? \n\nWho cares! Our currency is feminist!\u201d
— Kingsley Cortes (@Kingsley Cortes) 1655851943

Tweet from WH chief of staff comes back to haunt Biden admin after Biden punts on COVID responsibility



White House chief of staff Ron Klain has egg on his face.

After President Joe Biden said Monday that solving the current COVID-19 wave driven by the Omicron variant is a problem for states to handle — as opposed to the federal government — a message that Klain blared in June 2020 came back to haunt the Biden administration.

What did Biden say?

While speaking with the National Governors Association on Monday, Biden punted responsibility for managing the response to the Omicron variant.

"Look, there is no federal solution. This gets solved at a state level," Biden said. The admission, of course, directly contradicts his promise to "shut down the virus." The buck now stops with governors, apparently.

What did Klain's message promise?

Klain promised in June 2020 that if Biden won election, he would use the full force of the federal government to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

In fact, Klain specifically denounced an "Articles of Confederation" approach, referring to a decentralized government in which state governments address the pandemic with their own unique strategies.

"I've been saying since March that we can't beat COVID with an 'Articles of Confederation' response. We have a national government for a reason," Klain tweeted. "If Donald Trump won't use it to beat this killer disease, I know someone who will, starting on 1/20/21."

I've been saying since March that we can't beat COVID with an "Articles of Confederation" response. We have a national government for a reason. If Donald Trump won't use it to beat this killer disease, I know someone who will, starting on 1/20/21.https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1275824916554747911\u00a0\u2026
— Ronald Klain (@Ronald Klain) 1593016444

Klain's message — which came during the height of the presidential campaigning season — was meant to contrast Biden's leadership vision with the response of then-President Donald Trump.

At the time, federalism was a prominent issue.

Trump, for example, claimed he held authority to reopen state governments that had been shut down by governors, which legal experts disputed. Trump also indicated that states were responsible for testing, purchasing critical medical supplies, and issuing and rescinding restrictions. Trump was criticized for not enacting a more forceful federal response.

However, the Trump administration also reiterated the central vision for federal government response to disasters: federally guided, state-managed, and locally implemented.

Anything else?

Vice President Kamala Harris perhaps foreshadowed Biden's eyebrow-raising admission.

About a week before Christmas, Harris admitted in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that the Biden administration did not anticipate waves of new COVID infections and therefore did not make necessary calculations for how to respond to spikes of infection.

"We didn't see Delta coming. I think most scientists did not — upon whose advice and direction we have relied — didn't see Delta coming," Harris said. "We didn't see Omicron coming. And that's the nature of what this, this awful virus has been, which as it turns out, has mutations and variants."

The White House later clarified Harris' comments in an attempt to do damage control.

Joe Biden has chosen a White House chief of staff



Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has chosen a White House chief of staff, moving forward with an anticipated transition of power from President Donald Trump after mainstream media roundly declared Biden victor in the contested race.

What are the details?

The Washington Post reported that Biden has selected longtime Democratic adviser Ronald Klain to serve as White House chief of staff, noting that Klain previously worked "in the late 1980s as a top aide to Biden when he was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and ran Biden's office when he first became vice president."

Biden said in a statement:

"Ron has been invaluable to me over the many years that we have worked together, including as we rescued the American economy from one of the worst downturns in our history in 2009 and later overcame a daunting public health emergency in 2014. His deep, varied experience and capacity to work with people all across the political spectrum is precisely what I need in a White House chief of staff as we confront this moment of crisis and bring our country together again."

According to the Associated Press, Klain "was the Ebola response coordinator during the 2014 outbreak and played a central role in drafting and implementing the Obama administration's economic recovery plan in 2009."

The New York Times pointed out that Klain, who was described as President Barack Obama's "Ebola Czar," has "been a sharp critic of President Trump's handling of the coronavirus."

But Klain is also the former Biden staffer who admitted at the National Press Club last year that it was "just luck" that the H1N1 "swine flu" outbreak that occurred during the first Obama-Biden administration wasn't a "mass casualty event."

"Sixty million Americans got H1N1 in that period of time, and it's just purely a fortuity that this isn't one of the great mass casualty events in American history," Klain said, adding, "It had nothing to do with us doing anything right. It just had to do with luck."

Klain acknowledged Wednesday that he had been tapped by Biden for the top White House role, writing, "I've seen so many kind wishes tonight on this website. Thank you - and I'm sorry I can't reply to each of you. I'm honored by the President-elect's confidence and will give my all to lead a talented and diverse team in a Biden-Harris WH."

I’ve seen so many kind wishes tonight on this website. Thank you - and I’m sorry I can’t reply to each of you. I… https://t.co/KxWudfjswo
— Ronald Klain (@Ronald Klain)1605143620.0

The race for the White House, however, remains contested, as the Trump campaign presses forward with legal battles in several states pointing to voting irregularities and allegations of voter fraud.