LANSING — As multi-millionaire Florida resident Mike Rogers was claiming the economy was “booming” and undergoing a “renaissance of manufacturing,” new jobs data released today shows that the U.S. had the “worst year for job gains outside of a recession since 2003” and lost thousands more manufacturing jobs in December.
New jobs numbers continue to show Rogers is out of touch on the economy:
- The U.S. added only 50,000 jobs in December, missing expectations and “capping off one of the weakest years of job gains in decades.”
- The U.S. lost 8,000 more manufacturing jobs in December, and has lost 71,000 manufacturing jobs since Rogers-backed tariffs were introduced in February.
Price Hike Mike has repeatedly mocked Michiganders who are worried about rising prices and the state of the economy:
- Rogers was caught “making fun of those who worry about higher prices” and claiming they’re “worth the financial strife being put on the American people.”
- Rogers falsely claimed there’s no inflation and “working families [are] not paying more” under Trump.
- Rogers down-played the impact of tariffs on Michigan families and businesses, comparing them to just a “shoe [that] is going to pinch every once in a while.”
- Rogers wrote off Stellantis and 48,000 U.S. autoworkers by saying there’s no longer a “Big Three” in Michigan.
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