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Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., said in reaction to the May jobs report that President Trump deserved no credit for the decline in unemployment since he "inherited" the economy from President Obama.

"Today's jobs report shows that President Trump continues to inherit a growing economy from President Barack Obama. Unfortunately, President Trump's plans to significantly cut programs that support our nation's long-term economic prosperity will only jeopardize the economic gains we have made after the 2008 recession," said Scott, the ranking Democrat on the House's Education and the Workforce Committee.

Friday's report from the Labor Department found that 211,000 new jobs were added to the payrolls in the last month, bringing the unemployment rate down to 4.4 percent, its lowest level since May 2007. The increase exceeded forecasters' predictions of 185,000.

"This steady and sustained increase in job creation equals new paychecks for American workers and income for American families," said Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta. "Nonetheless, we have challenges ahead as we continue to focus on job growth, on bridging the skills gap and on expanding opportunity for all Americans. The U.S. Department of Labor is committed to policies that lead to continued job growth, workforce development and increased opportunities."

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Friday, Governor Scott Walker visited Appleton, Wisconsin at the request of the citys mayor to help promote tourism. While there, he was confronted by a former Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (and current county executive) Tom Nelson. Nelson attempted to hijack the governors appearance and create a scene over the GOPs Obamacare repeal bill. Rather then pretend Nelsons questions were in good faith, Gov. Walkerreplied, If you want to have a press conference, go ahead.

When Nelson kept pressing the point, Walker suggested hed had his chance to run for congress and that if he wanted to run for Governor he should do that rather than interrupting the event. Heres the exchange:

All of this started yesterday when Gov. Walker said he would consider applying for a waiver under the GOP Obamacare replacement plan. Within hours Walker was clarifyingthat statement. Im waiting to see what gets to the presidents desk, but were not looking to change pre-existing conditions, he told the Journal-Sentinel. Gov. Walker also addressed the issue on Twitter:

If nothing else, consider the clip above an example of just how eager Democrats are to capitalizeon the politics of the GOP bill.

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"Republican leaders are trying to do this to affordable healthcare," Virginia gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello says in his new ad as he gestures to an ambulance behind him getting crushed by an industrial car crusher. "In Congress I voted for Obamacare, because it was wrong that a million Virginians weren't covered while insurance companies held all the power. Now I'm running for governor because it's wrong that most Virginians' income hasn't gone up in 20 years. Together we can stop Donald Trump, raise wages and build an economy that works for everyone. And we'll make sure this" -- he turns and points at the now-destroyed ambulance -- "never happens in Virginia."

Released today on YouTube, the ad is, of course, perfectly timed (see "House Passes Measure to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act," via The New York Times). It's basically the hyperpopular Hydraulic Press Channel writ large -- with the added dramatic tension of wondering, as you're watching, if a piece of the ambulance getting destroyed will fly out of the crusher and hit Perriello, necessitating another ambulance.

Simon Dumenco, aka Media Guy, is an Ad Age editor-at-large. You can follow him on Twitter @simondumenco

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"Republican leaders are trying to do this to affordable healthcare," Virginia gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello says in his new ad as he gestures to an ambulance behind him getting crushed by an industrial car crusher. "In Congress I voted for Obamacare, because it was wrong that a million Virginians weren't covered while insurance companies held all the power. Now I'm running for governor because it's wrong that most Virginians' income hasn't gone up in 20 years. Together we can stop Donald Trump, raise wages and build an economy that works for everyone. And we'll make sure this" -- he turns and points at the now-destroyed ambulance -- "never happens in Virginia."

Released today on YouTube, the ad is, of course, perfectly timed (see "House Passes Measure to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act," via The New York Times). It's basically the hyperpopular Hydraulic Press Channel writ large -- with the added dramatic tension of wondering, as you're watching, if a piece of the ambulance getting destroyed will fly out of the crusher and hit Perriello, necessitating another ambulance.

Simon Dumenco, aka Media Guy, is an Ad Age editor-at-large. You can follow him on Twitter @simondumenco

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Fox News co-host Bob Beckel had a strong message for his fellow Democrats on Wednesday: Enough with the identity politics.

On the The Five, Beckel saidthat Democrats should take responsibility for their 2016 election losses instead of doubling down on identity politics and appealing to special interest groups while ignoring the working class in America.

Let me just say, Im going to anger my Democratic friends, theyre already mad at me about this, Beckel started.

We continue to say were the party of labor, women, minorities you know, LGBT whatever it is, he said. I gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention. I said, Weve got to stop doing that and get back to where we were built which is, helping people who are working people. And they dont identify with that.

And the idea that Republicans would get anybody who is a working person to vote for them is amazing to me, but the Democrats deserve a lot of the responsibility, he continued.

Co-host Greg Gutfield agreed, noting that it was hard to tell the difference between parodies and issues championed by the Democratic Party.

You know how you know your religion which is identity politics is toxic? Its when you cant tell the difference between the real story and the parody, Gutfield said. Like when you think it might be an Onion story it might be a joke but then you find that its actually real that somebody believes this, that somebody says if you serve tacos at a party its cultural appropriation.

Ease up on the identity politics, Maher suggested.

One of the problems the Democrats have is that they obsess about things like Halloween costumes and the name of the Washington Redskins, he said. And theres millions of people in this country who are saying, How about a little bit more of Im going to get your job back?

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