The president received blowback after callously invoking Floyd’s name while discussing Friday’s jobs report
, even with Friday’s dip, the 13.3 percent unemployment rate is still consistent with the numbers of the Great Depression — hardly a cause for celebration of any kind.
The president’s misogyny and contempt for the media were also on display during Friday’s announcement. When Yamiche Alcindor, a Black woman reporter from PBS, began asking Trump questions, he shushed her by putting his finger to his lips. Trump touted his handling of the economy as a cureall, saying that it’s “the greatest thing that can happen for race relations.”
Alcindor then countered by asking Trump how he can claim success when “Black unemployment went up by .1 percent. Asian American unemployment went up .5 percent. How is that a victory?”
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