In response to the monthly job report showing the US added only 49,000 jobs last month, Protect Our Care’s Coronavirus War Room Director Zac Petkanas released the following statement:
“Our economy is limping along and last month’s report shows that job growth can still only be described with one word: anemic.
“The economy is still being crushed by the lasting effects of the failed pandemic response left behind by Donald Trump. His inability to get control of the pandemic and refusal to make the investments needed to get the economy back on track have left us in a hole that’ll take time to crawl out of. Job cuts in the last month of the Trump presidency were even worse than we knew, and today’s report shows we’ve only grown a fraction of them back.
“That’s exactly why we can no longer delay passing President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. His proposal offers the badly needed investments to boost the economy back past pre-pandemic levels with direct stimulus for families, expanded unemployment, money for schools and communities trying to reopen safely, and most importantly the resources for vaccine distribution and a national testing program that’ll help us finally get a handle on the virus.
“The studies are clear: the Republican proposal won’t cut it. We need to move on the American Rescue Plan and we need to move on it now. Anyone who continues to obstruct needs to answer for why they’re intent on holding back the American economy and the families struggling to make ends meet.”