Ari Fleischer challenges Biden's victory lap on economy: He's a 'Trojan horse with a script'

Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer called out President Biden Friday for taking a victory lap on the better-than-expected June jobs report and crediting his administration's economic agenda for the strongest hiring gain in 10 months.

The president instead attributed his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan with boosting the labor market's recovery from the worst downturn in nearly a century. The package, passed by Democrats in March, included a $1,400 stimulus check for most Americans and billions in funding to help accelerate the vaccine distribution.  "None of this happened by accident, it's a direct result of the American Rescue Plan," Biden said. "People questioned whether or not we should do that, even though we didn't have bipartisan support. Well, it worked." Fleischer quipped the jobs numbers would have been the same if Donald Duck were president.