Wake up, Dems: Hammer Trump on inflation

[marmar]

Wake up, Democrats — and hammer Trump on the cost of living
The party's winning message is staring them right in the face

By Austin Sarat
Published August 20, 2025 9:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) Watching the Sunday news shows over the weekend, you would never have known that last week’s economic data showed a substantial spike in inflation. On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” CBS’s “Face the Nation” and ABC’s “This Week,” Democrat after Democrat — including Colorado Rep. Jason Crow, Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy and Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen — faulted President Donald Trump’s performance at the Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, or Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and attempted police department takeover in Washington, D.C.

The word inflation was barely mentioned. That was a big mistake.

Beyond the Sunday shows, Democrats need to be pounding home a singular, clear message: “Donald Trump promised to reduce the cost of living. But prices keep rising.”

And: “Donald Trump is more interested in chasing down immigrants and hobnobbing with leaders from other countries than in making sure Americans can make ends meet.”

Points like these would be a way for Democrats to begin to build a narrative that taps into the economic anxieties of millions of ordinary people. ...................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/08/20/wake-up-democrats-and-hammer-trump-on-the-cost-of-living/

[customerserviceguy]

1. I think that having our own positive message

is going to be more effective than, "Donald Trump doesn't live up to his hyperbole." Even the MAGAts don't expect him to do what he says, at least not as fast as he says he's going to do them.

[SSJVegeta]

3. Need all of it.

Defense and offense is how you win a war

[SSJVegeta]

2. Weird right? What is with the silence?