Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) vowed on Friday that Democrats “will force votes” on President Trump’s tariffs after a subpar jobs report confirmed that fewer jobs have been added throughout August than anticipated.
Schumer mentioned in a press release that Friday’s jobs report, which confirmed that solely 22,000 jobs have been added and the unemployment fee rose to 4.3 p.c, was “worse than the already low expectations.” He additionally labeled it a “blaring red light warning to the entire country that Donald Trump is squeezing the life out of our economy.”
“Donald Trump’s chaotic tariffs, failed policies, and fake trade deals have slowed job growth and continually raised prices on American families. The pressure is pushing working families closer to the breaking point,” Schumer mentioned.
“Hiring is down, prices are up, and families are paying thousands more a year because of Donald Trump’s tariffs,” Schumer continued. “The pain America is experiencing will only worsen as Republicans ignore the warning and continue cowering to Donald Trump. The first step is to admit the truth that Donald Trump’s economic experiment has failed and reverse course.”
“In the coming weeks, Senate Democrats will force votes to reverse Donald Trump’s damaging tariffs and we will see whose side Republicans are on,” he added. “I hope Republicans will choose wisely.”
Economists had anticipated a achieve of roughly 75,000 jobs.
Senate Democrats have had blended success at pushing again in opposition to Trump’s huge tariffs since he started laying them out within the early weeks of his time period. In early April, the Senate rebuked Trump by passing a decision aimed toward ending the commerce battle with Canada, with 4 Senate Republicans voting alongside each Democrat.
Later that month, although, Democratic attendance points doomed their possibilities of repeating that win as they sought to scrap Trump’s wide-ranging “Liberation Day” tariffs.
Friday’s report was additionally the primary one unveiled since he fired former Bureau of Labor Statistics Director Erika McEntarfer final month after the July jobs report final month confirmed huge downward revisions.
