Surging economy and plummeting unemployment complicate Dems’ 2020 message against Trump
Surging economy complicates Dems’ 2020 message against Trump
President Trump might as well stick his tweet Friday morning on a campaign bumper sticker: “JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!”
The social media declaration came as the Labor Department reported robust new economic numbers, saying employers added 263,000 jobs in April as the unemployment rate dropped to a 49-year low.
The stats only bolstered the president’s economy-focused message as he gears up for what is sure to be a grueling 2020 re-election fight. As Democrats increasingly make the election about the president’s character and controversies, the string of positive jobs reports are complicating any efforts to expand that message to run on more traditional kitchen-table issues.
“I’ll be running on the economy,” Trump said flatly, speaking to reporters at the White House Friday.
Trump’s campaign was quick to tout the numbers as well, with press secretary Kayleigh McEnany declaring “the era of low expectations for American workers and their families is long over thanks to the Trump economy.”
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