Spicer claims jobs numbers may have been phony before, but now theyre very real'

[kpete]

Link to tweet

Spicer, addressing reporters at the afternoon briefing, did not back up the assertion that previous federal jobs reports were “phony,” as Trump repeatedly said during the campaign without backing up the claim. But Spicer nonetheless confirmed that the president believes the figures are legitimate now that they signal economic growth under his administration.


“In the past, the president has referred to particular job reports as phony or totally fiction,” a reporter asked. “Does the president believe that this jobs report was accurate and a fair way to measure the economy?”

“I talked to the president prior to this, and he said to quote them very clearly,” Spicer said.
“They may have been phony in the past, but it’s very real now.”

Trump and Spicer were quick on Friday to tout the new jobs numbers from the Labor Department, which found that employers added 235,000 jobs to the economy in February and put unemployment at 4.7 percent. The report beat analysts' expectations.


http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-monthly-jobs-numbers-sean-spicer-235936




https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/02/22/gop-voters-know-trump-is-telling-them-the-truth-and-the-media-is-lying-to-them/?utm_term=.962bcada8fda

[spanone]

1. the president is totally full of shit.

[Dem2]

2. Fomenting hatred

Why? Do they want a civil conflict? Death and destruction? Why are they so infantile?

[Ohioblue22]

3. the guy who couldnt manage to attach his lapel pin properly

said somethig dumb?

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Well,we could see that one coming

a mile away.