WH Adviser Belittles Media Coverage Of Staggering Unemployment As ‘Pity Party’

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday disparaged the media’s coverage of the staggering 14.7 percent unemployment rate in April caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.


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White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday disparaged the media’s coverage of the staggering 14.7 percent unemployment rate in April caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

I can think of quite a few administration officials who urgently need to join the ranks of the unemployed.

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Just so we’re clear: Fox is the only place this scumbag could say this and not be torn to pieces immediately.

However, I’m sure social media will pick it up and then…

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Sometimes I wonder if Joe Biden even needs to campaign. They literally do the worst things imaginable, sometimes even worse than that. It’s unbelievable.

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More proof that Trump only hires the BEST ass-kissers to be his “advisors”.

Navarro is a fucking moron and always has been.

80,000 (and climbing) dead. 36 million (and climbing) unemployed. To Navarro, that’s a “Pity Party”.

I hope this fucker chokes on his caviar.

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“Anybody who thinks this is the Great Depression doesn’t understand either history or economics.”

“You see, at the time of the Great Depression, rich people were effected but this time we made sure the rich would get even richer. You poor people though, are on your F’ing own. We also don’t want to give you any more money so get back to work!”

There is no greater a-hole in this admin this guy and that’s saying a lot.

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I can think of a few who should join the ranks of the beheaded.

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Ignoring any notion of “providing for the general welfare” and empathy is a job requirement in the Trump administration.

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In these United States?

You can bet your bottom dollar he does.

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“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” - Napoleon

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“What you’re seeing and what you’re reading isn’t what’s happening.” -Donald Trump.

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“Qu’ils mangent de la covfefe.”

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So now dump is guaranteed the vote of all the unemployed?

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Smooth move, making light of staggering unemployment. I’m sure it will bring a chuckle to the people sitting in those endless lines to get a box of staples at the community food cupboards. It’s oodles of laughs not knowing how you’ll pay your bills.

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I’m so old I remember when it was Sun Tzu who said that!

(Spoiler: He never did.)

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I’m hoping come this fall he’ll be having a little unemployment pity party of his own to which I’ll be contributing my vote.

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“Pity Party”
It never stops, and it burns.

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Stupid to thing to say, no doubt.

We’ll see if he has to walk it back – or if he’s held accountable in some other way.

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So…Mr. Navarro, in other words, let them eat cake at their pity party?

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Please proceed, Mr. Navarro. Keep giving the Democrats those juicy sound bites we can use in campaign ads.

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