DEMOCRATS HARDEST HIT: More jobs under Trump-Pence since May than all of Obama-Biden. “With the Democratic ticket finally set for the fall presidential race, Pence has switched to campaign mode, ready with a list of achievements to brag on, led by economic wins since the coronavirus crisis crashed the administration’s earlier successes. Topping that list is the jobs comeback — some 9.2 million since the pandemic hit the United States in March. . . . During the previous administration, some 8.9 million jobs were created. The pandemic cost some 20 million jobs, but many see the creation of nearly half of the loss as a major achievement and a path back to the record jobs that occurred under President Trump’s first three years in office.”