Republicans are 'saying literally nothing' in response to best jobs report 'in several decades': analysis

When President Joe Biden announced "good news" from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest jobs report last week, the Republican National Committee (RNC) released a statement, but "failed to make any references to job growth" highlighted in the report, MSNBC's Steve Benen reports.

The "U.S. economy has now created roughly 14.4 million jobs since January 2021 — more than double the combined total of Donald Trump’s first three years," according to the bureau's report.

"Good news today: This morning, we learned the economy created 336,000 jobs in September alone," Biden said from the White House shortly after the report's release.

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Benen reports the president "added that the United States this year has seen the highest share of working-age Americans in the workforce in 20 years, the longest stretch of unemployment below 4% in 50 years, the lowest unemployment rate among women in 70 years, and the lowest unemployment rates ever among Black workers, Hispanic workers, and those with disabilities."

Highlighting the fact "the 336,000 jobs created in September is a monthly total the Trump-era economy managed to reach only once in the former president's first 36 months in office," Benen emphasizes, "Americans simply have not seen a job market this good in several decades."

However, noting "the GOP leadership in both chambers has spent nearly all of the Biden era pretending not to notice extraordinarily good job growth," Benen reports, "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell responded to the job numbers by saying literally nothing about the good news. No press releases, no tweets, and no public comments."

The Rachel Maddow Show producer added that he "checked the websites and social media accounts from ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy and both of his would-be Republican successors — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan — and none of them acknowledged the job numbers in any way."

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MSNBC's report is available at this link.