White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre stepped into the Twitter nest on Friday after she said the US has added “ten thousand million jobs” since President Biden took office.
Jean-Pierre made the gaffe during Friday’s press briefing at the White House while talking about job growth for the month of August.
As Fox Business reported Thursday, the U.S. economy added 315,000 new jobs in August, making it “the slowest monthly gain since April 2021.”
Regardless, Jean-Pierre called it “good news” and took the opportunity to tout Biden’s overall job growth since his inauguration. “As you know, the good news is that in August the economy added 315,000 jobs, which is significant. We’ve added almost ten trillion jobs since President Biden took office, which is the fastest job growth in history.”
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White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre was mocked for claiming the US had added “ten thousand million” new jobs since Biden took office.
Although that math didn’t sound right to the number crunchers on Twitter.
Tech researcher and entrepreneur Dr. Eli David did the math on the press secretary’s numbers and remarked wryly how good the jobs numbers are under Biden. “That’s 10 billion, more than the entire population of the world. Amazing work!” he tweeted.
“Ten thousand million? Did you take math through Zoom, too?” asked Red State columnist Buzz Patterson.
American Greatness senior contributor Ned Ryun wrote, “Honestly, he just needs to put on clown makeup before every press conference.”
A hiring sign is seen outside the Accurate Personnel office in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. One of the fastest years of job creation in U.S. history stumbled to the finish line in December. Hampered by labor shortages and persistent threats from the coronavirus, U.S. employers added just 199,000 jobs last month — the fewest since December 2020 and half of what economists had expected. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
British journalist Nile Gardiner saw the blunder and claimed it was emblematic of the Biden administration’s lameness. He tweeted: “The sheer hubris and shocking amateurism of the Biden presidency is breathtaking.”
Australian conservative commentator Rita Panahi joked on Twitter: “Wow, that’s 10 billion jobs, that’s 30 jobs per American man, woman and child. Way to go, Joe!”
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“That explains inflation,” political scientist Ian Bremer quipped.
And conservative radio host George Brauchler quipped on Twitter: “10 billion jobs? That’s amazing!”
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Karine Jean-Pierre made the gaffe while touting job numbers added to the US economy under Biden. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Gabriel Hays is a contributing editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @gabrieljhays.
