Biden Cleaned Up Trump's Clock By Creating 13.1-M Jobs

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom defended President Joe Biden's economic record during an exclusive Monday night interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Brandon Gage reported for Alternet.

Photo Insert: Biden's first two years in office were the strongest two years of job growth on record in US history.

According to Barron's, Biden's first two years in office were the strongest two years of job growth on record in US history. The labor market has now more than recovered from the impact of the COVID-19 recession.

"I don't want him to fail. I think his policies are failing," Hannity replied. "CHIPS Act, Science Act, do you oppose that?" Newsom asked.

"Let's talk about them in order. Hang on. Wait, wait. Let, I wanna challenge the premise. You said the economy? 13.1 million jobs he's created more..." Newsom began to explain.

But Hannity interrupted. "These are post-COVID jobs. You know that Well, I mean, that, that's an artificial number," Hannity snipped. Newsom fired right back.

"No, no, no. Then let me just, let me stipulate this as an, as an opportunity to engage civilly on this. Your president, Donald Trump, lost 2.6 million jobs during his four years. We've created 13.1 million. Fine. You can maintain a COVID frame. How about the fact that Joe Biden's created more jobs, six times more jobs than the previous three Republican presidents combined? Combined!" the governor exclaimed.

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