Biden Roasts Marco Rubio For Calling Job Numbers 'Fake': Anything MAGA Doesn't Like 'They Call Fake' [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Oct 4th, 2024, 4:10 pm


President Joe Biden surprised the White House Press Corps when he showed up at the daily briefing unannounced on Friday to tout the latest jobs report as well as the thwarted dock strike. He took questions, and his first one had him laughing.

Josh Boak, White House reporter for the Associated Press, got the first question, and it concerned Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) claiming in a post on Twitter/X that the jobs numbers were “fake” because past months had to be revised. (Most jobs reports are revised, including those during former President Donald Trump’s administration.) Biden had a blunt response about the characterization of the numbers:

Boak: Florida Senator Marco Rubio described today’s jobs report as having fake numbers. [Biden laughs] What do you make of that? And how worried are you that many Americans are hearing that the jobs numbers aren’t real?

Biden: Look, I’m going to be very careful here. If you notice anything MAGA Republicans don’t like, they call “fake.” Anything. The job numbers are what the job numbers are. They’re real.