From The Committee to Unleash Prosperity -
The new Department of Labor employment data confirms that when it comes to the economy, America is on two divergent paths. Blue states are losing jobs at record pace and red states are gaining them.
Ten states had unemployment rates in May above 15 percent. They are all states with Democratic governors, with the exception of Deep Blue Massachusetts with its liberal Republican governor Charlie Baker.
Ranked from highest to lowest they are Nevada 25.3%, Hawaii (22.6%), Michigan (21.2%), California (16.3%), Rhode Island (16.3%), Massachusetts (16.3%), Delaware (15.8%), Illinois (15.2%), New Jersey (15.2%), Washington (15.1%).
The six states with the lowest unemployment rates are all red states – most of which never shutdown at all. These are Nebraska (5.2%), Utah (8.5 %), Wyoming (8.8%), Arizona (8.9%), Idaho (8.9%), MT (9.0%) , and North Dakota (9.1%).
This is not a coronavirus recession. It is a blue state lockdown recession. Democrats say they have shut down their economies for health reasons, but these are also the states that generally have had the highest death rates and the highest nursing home fatalities. So the blue states have not only failed to keep their citizens safe, they’ve ruined their economies as well. Democrats are promising to make America look more like New Jersey, Washington, and California. God forbid.
