LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON DONALD TRUMP DRIVING THE COUNTRY TOWARD A RECESSION

Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:

The jobs report released this morning confirms once again that Donald Trump is crashing our economy in real time and driving us toward a recession. Unemployment is up, job creation is at historic lows and despite promising to lower costs on day one, Donald Trump has done nothing to lower inflation. If that wasn’t bad enough, the Trump administration initially reported that 125,000 and 147,000 jobs were created in May and June, respectively. However, it is now clear that job creation numbered an exorbitantly low 19,000 and 14,000 jobs during those two months. 

This administration has no accomplishments to take credit for, so they work to deceive the American people instead. That involves following Donald Trump’s order to fire anyone who stands in the way of their lies, including the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, a lifelong civil servant confirmed in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote.

House Democrats know that you deserve better and will not stand by as Donald Trump and Republicans devastate our economy and continue to hurt the American people.