While no one accused White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow of being drunk on the air this morning (well a few did), he definitely seemed unprepared to speak with "State of the Union" fill-in host Dana Bash, seemingly unable to get his talking points and numbers straight when asked about Donald Trump's plan to supplement unemployment payments.
Pressed multiple times about what the nation's unemployed can expect on a weekly basis, Kudlow stated $400, then in the next breath said $800 and then $1,200 without being able to explain where he was getting his numbers from.
Twitter users were just as baffled by the CNN host who finally gave up trying to bring clarity to the issue, with one Twitter commenter calling the economic adviser "incoherent."
You can see a sampling below:
@atrupar Larry Kudlow just admitted you will get a bill in January because the payroll tax cut is really a loan unt… https://t.co/1vpiHyrrKG— Liddle' Jirkyrick.. BSBA.. Dishonorable PhD (@Liddle' Jirkyrick.. BSBA.. Dishonorable PhD) 1596981163.0
I’m surprised Larry Kudlow isn’t the grand marshal of Sturgis— Ashlie Weeks (@Ashlie Weeks) 1596981030.0
I picked the wrong week to put Larry Kudlow back on #CNNSOTU. https://t.co/3ttspxobsx— Donald J. Drumpf (@Donald J. Drumpf) 1596981759.0
@atrupar @DWUhlfelderLaw If Larry Kudlow was a broken clock, he’d still be wrong twice a day. https://t.co/tIoieuHGjn— John Rusko (@John Rusko) 1596981214.0
@jeremynewberger @williamlegate Also Larry Kudlow: https://t.co/N6cF6fFA3R— Al Bundy (@Al Bundy) 1596981892.0
Larry Kudlow is drunk. I think that maybe he might think he's drunk or maybe he's drunk because he said he was drun… https://t.co/Awxd8lNdt3— Za🐾 😷 🎅🏻 (@Za🐾 😷 🎅🏻) 1596982495.0
@realDonaldTrump Larry Kudlow having medical problem on CNN State of Union??? He said people will get $400, $800,… https://t.co/8OLksoqprO— WesAda (@WesAda) 1596978711.0
Listening to Larry Kudlow speak on #CNNSOTU is like listening to Elmer Fudd speak when he's on acid. @realDonaldTrump— Brian J. Karem (@Brian J. Karem) 1596979139.0
the new @larry_kudlow spin on @realDonaldTrump EO's you will get 800/month in unemployment IF.... ✅states kick in… https://t.co/ZshenjDLuH— Hilde Stuntebeck 🌊🌊😷😷 (@Hilde Stuntebeck 🌊🌊😷😷) 1596981882.0
Larry Kudlow seems extremely confused on Trump's unemployment executive orders. "It should be 800 bucks for the u… https://t.co/vdwp2v5wCq— Justin Baragona (@Justin Baragona) 1596978997.0
