Speaking from the White House on Friday, President Joe Biden praised the October jobs report, which for once didn’t fall far short of expectations. He also took the opportunity to demand that the nation spend more via his massive spending packages, which have hit snag after snag in Congress, both from his allies and his detractors.
After substantial losses for Democrats in Tuesday’s elections, most notably in the Virginia gubernatorial election, Biden spoke about how “America’s getting back to work,” this after layoffs and a swath of terminations during an August that saw many Americans fleeing the workplace instead of heading back.
“Thanks to the economic plan we’ve put through and Congress earlier this year,” Biden said, “and a successful vaccine deployment American continues to add jobs at a record pace is historically strong recovery and employment again today, down to 4.6 percent.”
