We need to be screaming about the Trump Tariffs every day

[newdeal2]

Democrats need to constantly hammer on how much the Trump Tariffs are costing people. Every single day from inauguration to the mid-terms. On all platforms, with easy to understand messaging and examples.

So that everyone, MAGA or not, generally uninformed or misinformed, knows exactly how his policies are negatively affecting them.

A few quick ideas:

• Require retailers and restaurants to itemize how much these tariffs add to your shopping bill. For example, Fabletics had this "Import Tax" section with an explanation for why customers were being charged more.
  
  



• Take a page out of MAGA's playbook and start putting up stickers like this in stores, gas stations, etc.




• Start tracking price increases in a spreadsheet and share that with friends, family, neighbors, social media etc.

[Meadowoak]

1. they'll just put a Biden did that sticker on. and America is so dumbed down, they'll believe Biden did that.

[newdeal2]

5. You may be correct

The right has been successful in finding wedge issues and creating an alternate reality where things are much worse than they actually are.

We may need to do the same if we want to win again.

[RockRaven]

2. If we're gonna yell about tariffs every day, we should be doing it in the style of

"this is the harm being done by the Trump tariffs that you jackasses all voted for" and don't take any BS from idiots who say "I didn't vote for that" by pointing to his campaign documents and statements which clearly say he would do that.

Don't put the blame on Trump the person, put the blame on every single asshole who voted for him.

[at140]

3. Tariffs are popular with manufacturing industry workers

because it gives them a leg up on competing with imported products. Union workers probably love tariffs.
But if inflation goes up, suddenly tariffs will become unpopular.

[newdeal2]

4. They don't have to eat / shop?

They will get hit with the passed on costs as well.

That's without even talking about how the economy will be wrecked, lowering demand for whatever their company makes and probably leading to layoffs.

[Chellee]

6. I'm already calling the coming price increases "Trumpflation."

And my answer to everyone who complains about prices will be, "What did you expect? He said that he was going to do exactly this. He said it every time he stood in front of a microphone. If you voted Republican, you voted for this. He was very clear."

[Stpaoulboy]

7. Smoke and mirrors.

This is all a distraction to keep us from focusing on the real dangers.

Loyalty tests for military officers.

Withdrawal from NATO.

Gutting social programs.

These Fucker's are playing for keeps.

[struggle4progress]

8. Be sure to talk about it waiting in lines at the grocery

[orangecrush]

9. You can scream for me

I screamed all the way up to November 5th.

Turned out I was screaming at morons.

[raising2moredems]

10. As well as..

1 - noting there is still inflation
2 - gas is not $2.00 per gallon
3 - eggs are not $2.00 a dozen - even once the bird flu is not an issue, I don't see the cost going down all that much. We buy free range eggs from a local egg producer at chain grocery store (in a town that has a lot of well to do/act like they are well to do people). The cost of those eggs is $5.00/dozen, the same as who knows what brand from what non-free range supplier at Wal-Mart. Immigrants work in egg plants also.
4 - War between Russia and Ukraine still in progress (I hope NATO steps in/Ukraine gets to join NATO).

[Prairie Gates]

11. Call them the Republican Tariffs

[calimary]

15. YES. DO IT. The REPUBLICAN Tariffs.

And why not? That’s what they ARE.

[MontanaMama]

12. I went to Best Buy and Lowe's last week

to buy a gas range before the tariffs kicked in. Both stores told me they were ordering appliances and other high dollar items for customers saying that they too wanted to avoid tariffs. I ended up buying from Best Buy because they would guarantee that the $2800 I was spending on the range would be the end price regardless of tariffs. Lowe’s couldn’t guarantee that. It could be that Best Buy will FAFO and have to eat the tariff but who knows. The tentative delivery date for my range is February. It is my guess that this will be a fucking shit show for retailers.

[Iggo]

13. "Import Tax on Americans."

[dalton99a]

14. Call them the Trump tax

on Americans

[calimary]

16. YES. Hang it on him like an ill-fitting overcoat.

[Ferryboat]

17. Not wasting my time on Magas

Done with pointing out how TSF policies will affect them.

They will find out the hard way.

[Johnny2X2X]

18. Wall Street doesn't think he's doing these Tariffs

That could change, but right now they don't think he's serious and he's talking about leverage with those 3 countries in regards to Fentanyl.

If Wall Street thought he was doing this for real, we'd see a 5000 point drop in the DOW today.

[Autumn]

19. I'm done screaming about it. His magats don't care,

I've better things to do with my time. They wanted him, they wanted what he promised . They will get it.

[Tbone421]

20. Those stupid I DID THAT stickers......

Please lets not use these stupid stickers like the trump humpers did.

Please lets be better than them.

[Emile]

21. How long before Republicans turn on Trump?