Axios Beclowns Itself In Anti-Trump Rant
“We’ve Memory-Holed How Awful Things Were”
Establishment friendly news outlet Axios has gone full BuzzFeed in a ham-handed ‘gotcha’ – suggesting that Trump supporters are ‘selectively’ touting the former president’s pre-pandemic economic record, whilst ignoring a once-in-a-century exogenous event that no reasonable person would ever blame any sitting president for.
According to Axios, “[Trump’s] economic record is only good if you leave off what happened from March 2020 to the end of his administration.”
Trump supporters cite his economic record as a reason to vote for him, but that’s a bit puzzling. Because his economic record is only good if you leave off what happened from March 2020 to the end of his administration. https://t.co/dXnDTfiRmr
— Axios (@axios) January 18, 2024
Yes, idiots, and what could have happened during that time period that was completely outside of his control? Perhaps the same mysterious event that Biden ignores while taking credit for ‘record job creation’ since entering office?
Buried within the article, Axios notes that it was only after the pandemic hit that unemployment spiked to 14.8%. They also undermine themselves by citing Paul Krugman, who noted that giving Trump a pass on the pandemic economy is ‘understandable’ since “Countries around the world faced similar struggles to the U.S. at the time.”
“We may have memory-holed just how awful things were back in 2020,” Axios author Emily Peck writes.
No Emily, Trump supporters – well, any rational person – are giving Trump a pass on something that was completely outside of his control, and focusing on what he actually did before the pandemic.
The replies, as usual, are hilarious.
It’s a real puzzler.
No matter how much you hate the media it’s not enough.
— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) January 18, 2024
Yossi Gestetner@YossiGestetner
Part of Biden’s “amazing” job gains is only if you ignore what happened in 2020 (where Biden wanted tougher lockdowns which as we see from Europe would have meant a worse recovery). Those jobs were going to come back even if no one was POTUS in 2021…
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