Former White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway did a victory dance after disappointing job creation numbers were released on Friday, and she was immediately hectored on social media.
According to the Department of Labor, the U.S. economy only saw 235,000 new jobs created in August, but the unemployment rate did fall to 5.2 percent, the lowest level in 18 months:
“August’s total — the worst since January — comes with heightened fears of the pandemic and the impact that rising Covid cases could have on what has been a mostly robust recovery. The weak report could cloud policy for the Federal Reserve, which is weighing whether to pull back on some of the massive stimulus it has been adding since the outbreak in early 2020.”
That led Conway to celebrate on Twitter:
More bad economic news for USA under @joebiden @KamalaHarris https://t.co/SPVrvnEkqS
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) September 3, 2021
Awful jobs numbers: read it and weep https://t.co/7MVgazOhEx
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) September 3, 2021
Read it and weep? Really, Kellyanne? Whatever happened to the notion that we’re all Americans and we’re supposed to want the best for every person, not just the ones who agree with us politically? The hypocrisy of cheering when the economy is slowing down is both perverse and disgusting. But that’s what we’ve come to expect from nearly everyone who supports Donald Trump.
For her hateful tweets, Conway got dealt a heaping dose of internet karma:
I hope she’s enjoying her life after the White House, making lots of money and scheming to get back into power and not spiritually haunted by the mass death and misery she so blithely facilitated.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 3, 2021
Your periodic reminder that Kellyanne Conway is your basic sociopath. https://t.co/1QvGM8ZXhk
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) September 3, 2021
Wow! You’re really rooting for…unemployment!😱 Then you weep, because pic.twitter.com/ifJ4tgnxHa
— Edgeoforever 🖖 🐝 (@edgeoforever) September 3, 2021
Cruella DeVille is here to brighten our day, gang. pic.twitter.com/rKevsAj3Vh
— Mark Kitterman (@kanesays23) September 3, 2021
You could go by the December 2020 jobs report since that was Trumps last *full* month. That month the economy lost 140K jobshttps://t.co/9tPT0su2VF
— Anti-Tribalist (@cincinnato) September 3, 2021
Can you imagine being this happy that people are struggling? https://t.co/VITMKXW806
— PoliticOhMyGawd (@PoliticOhMyGawd) September 3, 2021
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