Mitt Romney on jobless numbers: 'Fire Plouffe'

Townhall Staff

Jul 08, 2011 10:02 AM Jul 08, 2011

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We'll be adding statements on the unemployment numbers as they come in, but here's the one from Mitt Romney, with the headline "the audacity of indifference" and some rhetorical flourishes about the president's top political adviser:

"Today's abysmal jobs report confirms what we all know - that President Obama has failed to get this economy moving again. Just this week, President Obama's closest White House adviser said that 'unemployment rates or even monthly jobs numbers' do not matter to the average American.