Klain Mocked After Sharing Article Saying 2021 ‘Not So Bad’
December 28, 2021
President Joe Biden’s chief of staff Ron Klain incurred a tsunami of mockery Monday when he shared an op-ed column by Albert Hunt, the former editor of Bloomberg News, that appeared under the headline, “Let’s be honest: 2021 wasn’t all bad.”
Needless to say, the ridicule on social media came thick and fast. The vast majority of the Twitter users who responded wondered whether the out-of-touch tweet was satire, because 2021 has obviously been a year of surging COVID cases, the debacle of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, soaring gas prices and record inflation, supply chain issues, the collapse of our southern border, and plunging public faith in Biden and his utterly incompetent and unlikeable deputy Kamala Harris.
“Tell that to the families of all the people who died from covid,” one Twitterer replied.
“No, it sucked pretty bad,” another responded.
“Probably the worst first year for a president ever,” tweeted another user.
“At least Hunter Biden sold some paintings,” another wrote.
Many others responded simply with variations of eye-rolling memes. And rightfully so.