political will and backbone. thank you, gentlemen. i appreciate it. see you soon. i want to turn to the january jobs report, shattering most economists expectations. the u.s. economy adding 467,000 new jobs last month. and upward revisions of nearly 700,000 jobs added in november and december. that brings the total u.s. job creation to a record 6.6 million in president biden s first year in office. a much-needed win for the president, coming on top of the other good news, covid cases dropping and the killing of an isis leader. thank you so much for joining us. these are huge numbers. totally different than what economists were expecting.
senator ted cruz. it s absurd to hear republicans say the biden administration is giving putin a gift after four years of trump s refusal to criticize putin on anything. it s part of a pattern. rick scott, republican senator, who also voted against certifying biden s win was so concerned about illegal border crossings he threatened to put a hold three department homeland nominees this spring. people who could have been helping to solve the problem sooner they gotten faster senate approval. the system wasn t made for these hyperpartisan times. they re unwieldly 1,200 plus senate confirmed positions that need to be filled by incoming administration. that s increase of 59% since 1960. according to the partnership for public service. now they re tracking 801 of those positions. to date the biden administration has seen 130 of these confirmed by the senate. while 218 are sitting in limbo
majority of the countries are gonna remain on the business as usual. ups is once again voted against certifying biden s win. saying quote i would say the functioning of american democracy republican to try to overturn the election or one part of the big money picture. there s another part that might be worse, people with the pockets funding the continued of the big lie. staff writer shows how wealthy conservatives are able to take their money and undermine elections.
for protecting voting rights and our democracy or you are against. the trump lies are not going away. if anything, they are cementing. one of the new claims out there is that donald trump will be reinstated as president by august. charlie sykes writes, this should remind us that, quote, even though an idea is take, the consequences of a new big lie can be very real and even deadly. delegitimizing our democracy is now central to trump s agenda and his hopes for a political comeback. there are consequences for republicans that don t fully support trump s effort to overturn the election. this weekend in georgia, governor kemp was met with boos at his party s convention. republican backlash started growing against kemp after he followed state law by certifying biden s win in georgia. once again, we ask how a country moves forward when nearly half of it can t accept simple facts?
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DONALD Trump got “bad advice” that Mike Pence had powers to overturn the election result, the Vice-President’s former chief of staff has said.
During the Capitol Hill siege, rioters appeared to scream hang Mike Pence after Trump blamed the furious Pence for not blocking Joe Biden s win.
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Mike Pence announcing Joe Biden s certification as President-electCredit: Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
The MAGA fans stormed Congress as lawmakers were voting on certifying Joe Biden as the then President-elect on January 6.
Mark Short has now told CNN that Pence “had a strong viewpoint as to what his role was” supposed to be that day.