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Goodbye to Ron Klain, the “Tweeter in Chief”

Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2023
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AMAC Exclusive – By Louis J. Senn

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As Ron Klain departs the role of White House Chief of Staff in a few weeks, America will be saying goodbye to the most prolific tweeter ever to hold the critical post – a distinction that earned him the title of “Tweeter in Chief” from many conservative commentators.

For more than two years, Klain shamelessly pushed misleading and debunked administration talking points online, all while being sure to retweet every slobbering, over-the-top mainstream media journalist praising the greatness of President Joe Biden. With every post, Klain encapsulated just how out of touch and tone-deaf the liberal establishment and D.C. Beltway class are.

Here are a few lowlights.

Inflation is “Transitory”

In June 2021, Klain tweeted that the impacts of inflation would be “transitory,” and that “inflation [is] projected down to 2.1% in 2022.” But inflation continued to rise throughout 2021 and was nearing 8% by the end of the year. It soared above 9% in June of 2022, shattering Klain’s ill-fated prediction of 2.1%. 18 months later, the Biden administration still can’t shake the stench of the preposterous “transitory” claim.

Inflation and Supply Chain Gridlock are “High Class Problems”

Once it became clear that inflation was indeed not transitory, Klain shifted course with his now infamous quote tweet of a Harvard professor’s assertion that inflation and supply chain gridlock are “high class problems.” The White House had to run cover quickly to explain what Klain meant by his retweet. Unfortunately, Klain’s kneejerk response was only a confirmation of what the public already knew: this White House did not comprehend how burdensome the inflation crisis was to everyday Americans.

Gas Prices “Projected” to Come Down

Klain tweeted on December 8, 2021, that “gas prices are down somewhat,” further predicting that “they are projected to come down more.” Instead, gas prices soared to record highs in 2022, topping $5 per gallon in June.

Apparently not having learned his lesson, Klain again began touting slightly lower costs at the pump as prices eased toward the end of last year. But now, prices are again beginning to tick up, creating the potential for a whole new slate of embarrassing Tweets that the White House will have to defend even after Klain is gone.

2021 Was “Not All Bad”

Just when the White House thought they had moved past the backlash to the “high class” retweet, Klain tweeted out an article reviewing 2021 and saying that the year was “not all bad.” With inflation still on the rise, more COVID-19 deaths in 2021 than 2020 despite having the vaccine, and the disastrous Afghanistan evacuation still fresh in the minds of most Americans, Klain was quickly attacked from all sides for once again seeming oblivious to the mood of the country.

Defending Biden’s Unpopularity

After spending months ignoring Biden’s sinking approval numbers, Klain shared a story in April of last year citing French President Emmanuel Macron’s election victory despite low approval ratings as an argument that Biden could win re-election with similarly low numbers. The tweet was an apparent acknowledgement of Biden’s dismal polling figures, with critics slamming Klain for appearing to take comfort in the idea that Biden could win with 36% approval rather than working to gain the support of the American people.

Undermining Defense on Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit

As court battles raged over the Biden administration’s employer vaccine mandate, Klain retweeted a post from reporter Stephanie Ruhle that argued “OSHA doing this vax mandate as an emergency workplace safety rule is the ultimate work-around for the Federal govt to require vaccinations.”

When the mandate made its way to the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts referenced the language of the tweet and asked the Biden administration: “I’m wondering what it is you’re trying to work around?” Even liberal publications at the time criticized Klain for retweeting the post due to its implications for pending litigation. The Supreme Court ultimately struck down the mandate.

Violating the Hatch Act

The media ran itself ragged accusing the Trump administration of Hatch Act violations. But it was Ron Klain who received an official warning last year for violating the law which prohibits government employees from using official time and resources to engage in political activities.

The reprimand stemmed from a May 2022 post where Klain retweeted a message from a left-wing PAC from his official chief of staff account promoting “Democrats Deliver merchandise.” The post also included a link to the PAC’s online store. Though most of the media fell curiously silent, Ana Galindo-Marrone, chief of the Hatch Act Unit at the Office of Special Counsel, blasted Klain for “using his official Twitter account to promote a partisan political group’s interests.”

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Of course, Klain didn’t confine himself and his poorly-aging commentary to just Twitter. He was also a constant presence on CNN and MSNBC defending everything from school closures to Biden’s disastrous handling of the Afghanistan evacuation. But his Twitter habits provided perhaps the best window into just how clueless the Biden administration is, and how unwilling they are to admit when their policies have failed.

While we can’t expect incoming Chief of Staff Jeff Zients to be quite so prolific on social media, we may nonetheless expect just as much denial and lack of introspection from the Biden White House.

Louis J. Senn is a lawyer living in Louisville, Kentucky. He previously served in the Trump administration.

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PaulE
PaulE
1 year ago

Don’t worry about Ron Klain. I’m sure the Democrat Party will secure him a nice high paying, no-show “job” at some university, college, leftist think tank (Center for American Progress maybe?), investment bank or hedge fund as a reward for his service to the cause. That’s the usual retirement path for someone high up within a Democrat White House.

Mark
Mark
1 year ago

Let’s make sure he doesn’t take any Top Secret Documents with him.

Ann S
Ann S
1 year ago

They all are liars. No matter who his chief of staff is.
We need to take down their election fraud machine they have set up. Indict Soros and Twitter and Facebook and all those businesses that support this regime. MSM included.

HocasPocas
HocasPocas
1 year ago

The biden White House has been a clown show since day one and unfortunately the American Citizens are paying the price and in the end the price is going to be your freedom and most possibly your life

VikkiC
VikkiC
1 year ago

Good riddance; don’t let the door hit you in the butt…

Sean Richman
Sean Richman
1 year ago

Another one down,how many more criminals to go.

Andrea T
Andrea T
1 year ago

This sleazy guy’s wife, Monica Medina, is the person out to destroy Maine’s lobster industry with her total lies about the danger to right whales.

SoldiersCross
SoldiersCross
1 year ago

Another moron off to the Harvard faculty.

johnh
johnh
1 year ago

I did not know the name Ron Klain & his role at WH. I do not use Twitter, and assume from this article that Ron used Twitter for contact with Americans. I do not plan on using Twitter, so am I in the small percent of people in this country that do not care about Twitter?

Chuck
Chuck
1 year ago

“more covid deaths in 2021 than 2020”. Those statements should always be further qualified. There were no flu deaths reported in 2021 and 2022; just covid deaths. I always wonder how the covid virus was able to subdue the flu virus and have humans all to itself?

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