POUNCED! The Hill Cries ‘Republicans Have Pounced’ on High Inflation & Abysmal Jobs Growth

NewsBusters ^ | 5/21/2021 | Joseph Vazquez

[JV3MRC]

The Hill used the old “Republicans have pounced” cliché to turn attention away from the disastrous effects President Joe Biden’s agenda is having on the economy.

The liberal outlet tweeted May 20, whining that “Republicans have pounced on unexpectedly high inflation readings and a disappointing jobs report for April.” The Hill whined that the GOP suggested the terrible economic data were “the products of an overzealous government response that could kneecap the economy.” The tweet also happened to be the verbatim text from the second paragraph of The Hill reporter Niv Elis’s pro-Biden spin story headlined: “Biden tries to navigate fits and starts of economic recovery.”

Twitter users ratioed The Hill’s tweet.

[glennaro]

The political lexicon continues to build in 2021: "equity"; "jab"; now "pounced
(Hey! It's early on a Friday and I'm easily entertained.)

[Flick Lives]

Pounce. It’s what we do when we’re not staging an insurrection.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Republicans have pounced on unexpectedly high inflation readings and a disappointing jobs report for April.”

Lies. All of this was expected (by everyone) and discussed during the campaign.

[AbolishCSEU]

Unexpwcted...drink!

[blueunicorn6]

Those poor Democrat rats have been pounced on.

[Mr. K]

How dare they ‘pounce’ on Biden’s incompetence

[j.havenfarm]

Those nasty Republicans! If they’re not “pouncing,” they’re “seizing.” Have they no decency!

[qaz123]

Gotta keep the narrative going into next year.

Although I find it hard for the Republicans to pounce on anything given that they’re complicit in everything that is going on.

[Mr. Jeeves]

“They POUNCED on poor Joe, who is just trying to clean up Trump’s mess...”

Pravda kneels in awe. :)

[Arm_Bears]

Is “pounced” worse than “siezed?”

I can’t keep these things straight.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

In a fit of anger I pounced
And I pounced again
Great Googly Moogly!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

They’ve run out of pejorative! From “insurrection” and “seize” all the way down to adorable, fuzzy kitties pouncing in six months. Maybe it’s the Jedi Kitten Pounce they are thinking of:

[monkeyshine]

It was expected, but unexpected to be so explicitly expedient.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Pounce!

Pounce pounce pounce

[17th Miss Regt]

Ridiculous. Jobs growth is just fine. And there is no inflation within 100 miles of Baghdad Washington!

[Vaduz]

Vote democrat and receive disastrous effects it’s never failed.

[jmacusa]

No fair!