[See NewsBusters for more.] Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh went on CNN Newsroom on Thursday for a lengthy interview with host Jim Sciutto, during which Sciutto constantly interrupted and talked over Murtaugh, and tried to get him to accept blame for COVID deaths and related job losses.
After talking about Kenosha and Murtaugh touted pre-pandemic unemployment numbers, Sciutto switched to the administration's handling of the pandemic, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait. We had another million people, first time unemployment benefits. I mean, during the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 the highest in a single week was 800-some-thousand. We've had a million a week for several weeks now. Where -- who does the president blame for that loss of jobs? I mean, the math is simple here."