Trump ready to hit Harris over disastrous jobs report: ‘Hurricane Kamala’

Former President Trump plans to deliver the final blow to Vice President Kamala Harris for her latest jobs report on Friday.

Comments have been prepared for Upcoming Trump Rally Later Saturday in North Carolina, we’ll see him blaming Harris for tens of thousands of lost jobs. The Department of Labor’s report itself blames the losses on the effects of Hurricanes Helen and Milton.

“Yesterday it was announced that our country lost almost 30,000 private sector jobs in the past month alone, as well as almost 50,000 manufacturing jobs in one month. They try to blame the hurricane on jobs, but it wasn’t Hurricane Helen. “It was Hurricane Kamala,” Trump is about to say.

“Because of her disastrous economic program, more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs have been destroyed since the beginning of this year. 150,000 Americans joined the unemployment rolls last month, and nearly a quarter of a million people dropped out of the labor force,” the statement said. continue.

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US job growth slowed down in October, significantly falling short of economists’ expectations, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged.

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The Labor Department on Friday reported that employers added 12,000 jobs in October, well below the 113,000 gain that LSEG economists had forecast and the lowest since December 2020.

The unemployment rate was 4.1%, as expected.

The number of new jobs added over the previous two months was revised down: the number of new jobs in August was revised down by 81,000 from a gain of 159,000 to 78,000, and the September number was revised down by 31 000 from an increase from 254,000 to 223,000.

Private sector jobs fell by 28,000 in October after LSEG economists had forecast they would rise by 90,000.

The manufacturing sector saw employment decline by 46,000 jobs in October, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) noted was largely due to strike activity in the transportation equipment manufacturing sector. About 33,000 Boeing machinists union members have been on strike since early September.

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The construction sector added 8,000 jobs – below the average of 20,000 jobs per month over the past 12 months. Health care added 52,300 jobs in October, close to the average monthly gain of 58,000 last year.

The government added 40,000 jobs in October, broadly in line with the average monthly gain of 43,000 over the past 12 months.

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The BLS noted that Hurricane Helen struck the Southeast before the employment survey reporting period, while Hurricane Milton struck the same region during the reporting period.

Fox Business’ Eric Revell contributed to this report.