Fact-check: Stefanik wrongly says US recently saw 'worst jobs report in over 20 years'

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In accepting her new position to replace Liz Cheney as conference chair of the Republican party, Rep. Elise Stefanik went after President Joe Biden and what she called his "far-left radical socialist policies."

Stefanik argued that because of Biden, the US is in an economic crisis and has just experienced the worst jobs report in two decades.

"We see the worst jobs report in over 20 years," Stefanik said in reference to the April jobs report released last Friday. "Unemployment is up, small businesses are struggling to hire workers." The New York congresswoman suggested that Biden's extension of unemployment benefits bears some responsibility for the alleged crisis.

Facts First: It is simply untrue that the April jobs report is the worst in two decades. Just over one year ago, the US economy experienced its largest one-month decline in job numbers in recorded history. The most recent jobs report did fall significantly below forecasts but is in no way the "worst jobs report in over 20 years," or even the past year.

In April 2020, the US economy lost 20.5 million jobs, following a loss of 870,000 jobs in March of that year. This was far and away the most significant decrease since the US began tracking the number in 1939.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/fact-check-stefanik-wrongly-says-us-recently-saw-worst-jobs-report-in-over-20-years/ar-BB1gK8zG?ocid=DELLDHP

Hyperbole, she's trying to kiss up to the Rump.

'We are unified in working with President Trump' -Stefanik

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives elected Trump-backed Stefanik to their leadership after ousting Cheney for criticizing Trump's continued false claims of election fraud.

The secret-ballot vote boosted Trump's dominance over the party even after it lost its majorities in the House and Senate, as well as the White House, during his single term in office. Trump is positioning himself to play a major role in next year's congressional elections and is also flirting with a 2024 White House run.

"I believe that voters choose the leader of the Republican Party and President Trump is the leader that they look to," Stefanik said.

Stefanik defeated Representative Chip Roy, who entered the race to serve as chair of the House Republican Conference on Thursday night.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/unified-working-president-trump-stefanik-155856136.html

Trump lost you idiot.

[hatrack]

1. Wow, a member of the GQP leadership lied . . .

Shocking.

[panader0]

7. Tosh Togo, Harold Sakate's wrestling name, was a local star in Honolulu when

I was in high school in the late sixties. He went on to be Oddjob in Goldfinger.

[hatrack]

8. And apparently he really messed up Connery (inadvertenly) during the shoot . . .

One punch got away from him.

[IcyPeas]

2. doesn't matter. the fox and newsmax viewers will hear this and believe it.

the right have so many media outlets including right wing hate radio which is national.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. The party of pathological liars, from top to bottom

It's really sickening to have to watch this fucking shitshow, day after day, from our fellow US citizens.

Let alone ostensible leaders like congressional representatives.

Truly deplorable.

[Midnight Writer]

4. "wrongly" my ass. She told a calculated lie for political gain. Is that so hard to say?

[Rhiannon12866]

5. This is what her constituents in my neck-of-the-woods think of Stefanik. This went up last February:

Billboard campaign calls on Stefanik to resign
https://www.democraticunderground.com/106825978

[Blue Owl]

6. Donny's got himself a new little turd goblin

Isn’t that special?