'Thinking Isn't His Strength': Critics Scorch Donald Trump Jr.'s Wild COVID Claim
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Donald Trump Jr. went after people “touting Bidenomics” before a wild claim that looked back at his father’s administration on Thursday.
“I can’t think of a single metric where anyone is better off now than they were three years ago — even with COVID, frankly,” said the former president’s son at an Iowa campaign event just days prior to the state’s GOP caucuses.
CDC data shows there were over 107,000 weekly COVID-19 hospital admissions in the week ending Jan. 16, 2021 — just four days before former President Donald Trump left office.
There were over 67% less weekly COVID-19 hospital admissions reported in the week ending Dec. 30, 2023, according to the latest numbers by the CDC.
Weekly deaths due to COVID-19 are also down significantly in the U.S. from three years ago, as well (25,692 compared to the latest CDC numbers, 839).
Jr: I can’t think of a single metric where anyone is better off now than they were three years ago… even with COVID pic.twitter.com/DQHMflD6aW
— Acyn (@Acyn) January 11, 2024
Social media users on X (formerly Twitter) also pointed to the stockmarket along with other metrics that the younger Trump glossed over.
The current unemployment rate sits at 3.7% compared to 6.3% in January 2021 and the U.S. was on track to see a historic decline in homicides last year.
NBC News’ Monica Alba recently reported on FBI data that shows crime in the U.S. went down “in almost every category” in 2023.
Critics on X knocked Donald Trump Jr. over his claim, declaring that “thinking isn’t his strength.”
There are lots of things Junior can't think of that exist. Thinking isn't his strength. https://t.co/8gPNPyZ2Y5
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) January 11, 2024
How about, I dunno, the number of people dying… from Covid? https://t.co/nmxlDMqzL6
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) January 12, 2024
Republicans have gotten away with lying about the economy for years now, so now they’re going even further by claiming Trump’s recession economy *during COVID* was better than today’s economy.
They think you’re stupid. https://t.co/caR7zkDYL9— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) January 11, 2024
The record high 25,974 Americans who died from Covid in a single week just before his father left office could not be reached for comment. https://t.co/jsMTELRngu
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) January 12, 2024
They lie effortlessly and about everything. This one is so silly it doesn’t even need to be debunked for those of us without terminal brainworms. https://t.co/R94GPzSsgc
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 12, 2024
The real question is…is he an insane liar like his daddy or just an incredible level of moron or…both? https://t.co/Oq5EEyvuAQ
— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) January 11, 2024
3 years ago this week, the week of January 9, 2021
In the waning days of the Trump presidency
That was the single worst week of the entire pandemic in terms of deaths
Nearly 26,000 Americans died of COVID that week
Deaths are down more than 90%
That seems much better https://t.co/I4E0UqdI1d— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) January 12, 2024
Trump and his administration utterly fumbled the initial response to Covid-19. And Covid-19 killed more than one million Americans. So those poor souls certainly aren't better off. https://t.co/XHle7VV7ya
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) January 11, 2024
Be a real shame if there was a detailed triannual survey that gave information about the financial status of American households. https://t.co/I2Qcha2cY6
— Matt Darling 🌐🏗️ (@besttrousers) January 11, 2024
Sure, as long as you ignore GDP, wages, unemployment rate, job creation, student loan debt, new business start ups, manufacturing investment, uninsured rate, number of troops in combat zones, oil production and my ability to buy toilet paper. https://t.co/7gImYLibXR
— Nunca Trumpismo (@NeverTrumpTexan) January 11, 2024
