Oct. 2, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement on the latest jobs numbers and urging Congress to conclude its negotiations on phase four legislation:

“America is in one the midst of one of the most rapid economic recoveries in history, with 14.1 million jobs recovered since April, and it is in large part thanks to the leadership of President Trump in pushing Congress to act early in the pandemic to shore up the economy. But there is still a lot more to do.

“As of August, 7.6 million additional Americans found themselves unemployed year-over-year as a result of the state-led Covid lockdowns, 5.1 million of whom live in states with Democratic governors. In other words, more than two-thirds of the jobs left to be recovered are in Blue States, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s failure to come to a deal sooner looms large. She is punishing her own people and holding them hostage to extract more out of the negotiations. Small business funding ran out on Aug. 8. Critical industry funding including airlines just ran out now, and massive layoffs are ensuing.

“Now with today’s jobs numbers, while positive in the establishment survey with 661,000 jobs recovered, is concerning on the household side with 879,000 Americans leaving the labor force altogether. Those are Americans who predominantly live Democratic-run states and for who there is no recovery, and there will not be one for some time if the recovery stalls. We still have a way’s to go to get back all the jobs lost.

“Senate Republicans have had legislation for months that would extend the unemployment, small business and critical industry funding programs and shore up the miraculous recovery seen the past five months, with 14.1 million jobs recovered in the household survey. Ironically, the Senate plan disproportionately helps Blue States since that is where the businesses are shut down and employees remain stranded due to Democrat Governor shutdowns. Since both the White House, Senate and House of Representatives already are largely in agreement on extending unemployment along with small business and critical industry funding programs, Congress should get these items done now. Anything left over can be the subject of the election debate.”

Attachments:

“14.1 million more jobs recovered since April as Trump economy continues reopening on eve of election,” By Robert Romano, Oct. 2, 2020 at http://dailytorch.com/2020/10/14-1-million-more-jobs-recovered-since-april-as-trump-economy-continues-reopening-on-eve-of-election/

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Fairfax, Va. – Rick Manning, president of Americans for Limited Government, issued the following statement in response to the editor of a Chinese state-run media outlet mocking President Trump and first lady Melania Trump following their positive coronavirus tests:

“The Communist Chinese government affirmatively decided to export the Chinese virus to the world through their lying about the transmission of the virus and continuing international flights from Wuhan while ending domestic flights from the region where the virus originated. They have proven that they are among the most despicable leaders on the face of the Earth and enemy number one for the United States in the world. As if forced organ harvesting, child- and slave-labor, millions in concentration camps, and a social credit score system which denies work and travel to those who don’t toe the communist line is not enough, now they are attacking President Trump as he and his family deal with the effects of the disease they unleashed. It adds insult to injury.

“It is not surprising that the Communist government with its strong ties to both Joe Biden (through his son) and Kamala Harris (through her husband) is involving itself into U.S. electoral politics. What is mildly surprising is that American media has so readily ignored these dangerous connections.  Their current see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil stance when it comes to real penetration into the highest levels of our political system is unacceptable and complicit.

“Make no mistake America, China has a side in this election and right now Americans will get to pick their side.  And to the Chinese,  get out of our politics.”

Oct. 2, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement sending prayers to President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump who have tested positive for COVID-19:

“Our prayers are with the First Family today for a speedy recovery from the Chinese-originated virus. Prayer works. Today our entire nation, no matter their political affiliation should join together in praying for their rapid recovery. Get well Mr. President and First Lady, get well.”

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Sept. 30, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement responding to former Vice President Joe Biden’s refusal to answer the question about court-packing and eliminating the filibuster at the first presidential debate of 2020:

“Joe Biden revealed that there will be no place for competing points of view should he become President when he refused to denounce Senate Democrats’ plan to end the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court.

“It is no surprise that the Senate would plan to eliminate the filibuster rule they have used to thwart President Trump’s legislative agenda. The abuse of this process is one of the primary reasons why our budget deficit is out of control with dramatic increases in spending under the threat of shutting down the government. If they win, they don’t want to be constrained by the filibuster the same way Trump and Senate Republicans were.

“While ending the filibuster could at least be rationalized, packing the Supreme Court would be a wholesale attack on the independence of the Judiciary. The message from Joe Biden is clear, he will pick as many Supreme Court Justices as it takes to get the judicial outcomes that he demands. For Biden, as someone who spent a lifetime in the Senate, including his stint at the Senate Judiciary Committee, to so cavalierly dismiss judicial independence is shocking and revealing about his true character. While some claim that they didn’t learn anything at the debates, the sad truth is, we learned that a Joe Biden presidency will not be constrained by the fundamental minority rights that were set forth by the Constitution and James Madison.”

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Sept. 29, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning issued the following statement in response to former Vice President Joe Biden’s claim in the first debate that “The Green New Deal is not my plan,” noting that on JoeBiden.com, his official campaign website, it clearly states “Biden believes the Green New Deal is a crucial framework for meeting the climate challenges we face”:

“Joe Biden is lying. Right on Joe Biden’s website, it says, ‘Biden believes the Green New Deal is a crucial framework for meeting the climate challenges we face,’ promising to cut carbon emissions in half by 2035. While it’s little wonder why Biden would want to run away from an idea that ultimately endorses eliminating the internal combustion engine plus coal and other fossil fuels as a source of electricity, it is beyond belief that the former Vice President is not familiar with his own campaign’s economy-killing policy proposals. Maybe it really is the Harris-Biden campaign.”

Campaign website archived at: https://web.archive.org/web/20200929034026/https://joebiden.com/climate-plan/

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Fairfax, Va. – Rick Manning, president of Americans for Limited Government, issued the following statement in reaction to tonight’s presidential debate in which President Trump told Joe Biden, “China ate your lunch, Joe” in reference to Biden’s China First policies.

“For almost 50 years Biden has supported policies that have benefitted China and hurt American workers.

“As a senator twenty years ago, Biden supported giving communist China most favored nation trade status by voting for permanent normalized trade relations with Beijing.

“He supported policies that sent U.S. manufacturing jobs overseas. In fact, entire plants have been uprooted and moved to China in search of cheap labor, while Biden mouthed the words fed to him by the multi-national companies who most benefitted from outsourcing America’s manufacturing sector and the jobs it created.

“Biden has been silent about the child and slave labor findings of the U.S. Department of Labor, ignoring that the cheap labor he has advocated is really provided in many cases by children and oppressed minorities and political prisoners in one of the most oppressive countries in the world.

“Rather than being concerned about the American job drain to China, Biden negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding in 2013 with China giving Chinese companies access to the U.S. capital markets without conforming to American laws on transparency. This single act has led to billions upon billions of dollars being transferred to China, allowing them to engage in almost unprecedented military build-up that threatens the United States and our pacific allies. In addition, because there is no way to know the true value of these companies, American investors are vulnerable to fraud.

“The financial link between former vice president Biden and China is obvious, though relatively unreported. After traveling to China aboard Air Force Two with his father, Hunter Biden walked away with a billion-dollar investment deal funded by the Chinese. The investment company is supposed to find U.S. assets for China to buy and generally make it easier for U.S. capital to flow to China.  A great deal for the Chinese and the younger Biden which should excite those who believe in Biden’s China First policies.

“When ‘Lunch Bucket Joe’ dismissed concerns about unfair Chinese competition, by saying, “Come on, man!” he is either willfully ignorant, corrupt to the core, or stuck in a twentieth century foreign policy that has no relevance to the challenges and Sino-American relations today.

To view press release online, go to: https://getliberty.org/?p=8847&preview=true

Fairfax, Va. – In spite of Covid-19, the Trump administration is on track to hit its goal of building 450 miles of border wall by the end of this year. Currently, crews have built 341 miles and are averaging more than a mile-a-day of new wall. To date, they have used 509,000 tons of steel and 732,000 cubic yards of concrete to construct the wall.

Rick Manning, president of Americans for Limited Government, issued the following statement in reaction to the update:

“President Donald Trump continues to keep promises as 341 miles of new border security wall have been put up with the past three months averaging more than a mile a day.  In spite of constant fighting with Democrats who opposed this basic measure, the Trump administration is on pace to hit its goal of building 450 miles of wall by the end of the year.

“Protecting America from illegal immigration, the free flow of drugs across the border, and the national security threats of the open border has been a priority which President Trump has fought tooth and nail to achieve.  The President knows that you cannot have a secure America without a secure border and has expended massive amounts of political capital to keep this promise.  No one can doubt that this President has been resolute in his determination to stop the flow of illegal traffic across our border, the same cannot be said of Joe Biden.

“The Obama-Biden administration built the cages and put children in them along the southern border.  The Obama-Biden administration oversaw and encouraged the flooding of our southern border with illegal immigrants.  The Obama-Biden administration gave lip-service to southern border security while allowing the few barriers along the border to fall into disrepair.  President Trump has not only been busy building the wall, but because Mexico has begun cooperating with us and is now turning back illegal entrants, there has been a significant drop in the numbers of illegal entrants into our country.”

“What’s more, President Trump has cracked down on those who have used the legal VISA provisions under law to replace American workers with cheaper foreign labor, in many cases forcing the displaced Americans to train their replacements.”

Sept. 28, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement blasting vulnerable House Democrats who were only elected in 2018 for not doing more to push House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to renew the payroll protection program for small businesses in the CARES Act, which ran out of money on Aug. 8:

“Since labor markets bottomed in April after the Covid lockdowns, 13.8 million jobs have been recovered according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and one of the biggest reasons was because the Trump administration and Congress worked together on the CARES Act, that provided $525 billion to 5.2 million small businesses, which may have saved as many as 50 million jobs. But funds for this small business saving program ended on Aug. 8 as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has blocked any renewal, while House Democrats have done nothing to persuade her to work with Senate Republicans to get an extension with 11 million jobs still on the sidelines. The only way the remainder of the jobs lost in the state-led pandemic lockdowns will be recovered is by providing support to safely reopen the economy and schools, something Nancy Pelosi will not allow to happen so long as she remains Speaker and those who elected her Speaker are directly responsible for this reckless course. House Democrats clearly oppose reopening the economy in this vital time, and they own  Pelosi’s policy of leaving the country shut down forever destroying the hopes and dreams of millions of working families.”

List of Democrats who won their seats in 2018:

Virginia’s 2nd: U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria, unemployment rate 6.1% @RepElaineLuria
Virginia’s 7th: U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, unemployment rate 6.1% @RepSpanberger
Virginia’s 10th: U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton, unemployment rate 6.1% @RepWexton
Florida’s 26th: U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, unemployment rate 7.4% @RepDMP
Florida’s 27th: U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala, unemployment rate 7.4% @RepShalala
New Jersey’s 2nd: U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, unemployment rate 10.9% @CongressmanJVD
New Jersey’s 3rd: U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, unemployment rate 10.9% @RepAndyKimNJ
New Jersey’s 7th: U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski, unemployment rate 10.9% @RepMalinowski
New Jersey’s 11th: U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, unemployment rate 10.9% @RepSherrill
New York’s 11th: U.S. Rep. Max Rose, unemployment rate 12.5% @RepMaxRose
New York’s 22nd: U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi, unemployment rate 12.5% @RepBrindisi
New York’s 19th: U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, unemployment rate 12.5% @repdelgado
Pennsylvania’s 5th: U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, unemployment rate 10.3% @RepMGS
Pennsylvania’s 6th: U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, unemployment rate 10.3% @RepHoulahan
Pennsylvania’s 7th: U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, unemployment rate 10.3% @RepSusanWild
Minnesota’s 2nd: U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, unemployment rate 7.4% @RepAngieCraig
Minnesota’s 3rd: U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, unemployment rate 7.4% @RepDeanPhillips
Kansas’ 3rd: U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, unemployment rate 6.9% @RepDavids
Colorado’s 6th: U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, unemployment rate 6.7% @RepJasonCrow
Texas’ 32nd: U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, unemployment rate 6.8% @RepColinAllred
Oklahoma’s 5th: U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn, unemployment rate 5.7% @RepKendraHorn
Arizona’s 2nd: U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, unemployment rate 5.9% @RepKirkpatrick
Iowa’s 1st: U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer, unemployment rate 6.0% @RepFinkenauer
Iowa’s 3rd: U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne, unemployment rate 6.0% @RepCindyAxne
Illinois’ 14th: U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, unemployment rate 11.0% @RepUnderwood
Illinois’ 6: U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, unemployment rate 11.0% @RepCasten
Georgia’s 6th: U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, unemployment rate 5.6% @RepLucyMcBath
Maine’s 2nd: U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, unemployment rate 6.9% @RepGolden
Pennsylvania’s 17: U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, unemployment rate 10.3% @RepConorLamb
South Carolina’s 1st: U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham, unemployment rate 6.3% @RepCunningham
Michigan’s 8th: U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, unemployment rate 8.7% @RepSlotkin
Michigan’s 11th: U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, unemployment rate 8.7% @RepHaleyStevens
New Mexico’s 2nd: U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, unemployment rate 11.3% @RepTorresSmall
California’s 10th: U.S. Rep. Josh Harder, unemployment rate 11.4% @RepJoshHarder
California’s 39th: U.S. Rep. Gil Cisneros, unemployment rate 11.4% @RepGilCisneros
California’s 45th: U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, unemployment rate 11.4% @RepKatiePorter
California’s 49th: U.S. Rep. Mike Levin, unemployment rate 11.4% @RepMikeLevin
California’s 48th: U.S. Rep. Harley Rouda, unemployment rate 11.4% @RepHarley
Washington’s 8th: U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, unemployment rate 8.5% @RepKimSchrier
Utah’s 4th: U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams, unemployment rate 4.1% @RepBenMcAdams

Source: https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm

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