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Democrats slam Trump for not making good on promise to ‘immediately’ lower food prices (www.nbcnews.com)

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Democratic lawmakers, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, criticized Trump for failing to address rising food costs despite campaign promises to lower prices "immediately."

In a letter, they accused Trump of focusing on mass deportations and January 6 pardons instead of tackling grocery inflation, which rose 1.8% in 2024, with egg prices up 36.8%.

Trump’s administration defended its actions, citing efforts to reduce inflation by cutting energy costs.

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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Because the people who voted for him think it’s a good thing that he’s cancelling those things. They want him to dismantle “big government” because they’ve been mislead into believing that the reason they’re struggling financially is somehow because of wasteful government spending.

You can’t attack Trump by criticising him for things people want him to do.

The people who voted for him aren't going to change their minds regardless, or they'll decide we just need someone even worse. I want to see some fucking fighting (not physical fighting - some fire from these democrats!), not finger wagging. We had four years of fucking finger wagging when we should have been locking him up.

That all of Trump’s promises will amount to nothing, and that their financial struggles are only going to get worse under him.

I'm thinking they are going to get that message pretty quick now with all federal aid and grants cut. It will still be Biden's fault to them, like the folks who went to their death from covid swearing it was a hoax.

Sorry, at this point I could give a shit about what Trump's voters think or whether they turn on him. Sure, it will be satisfying when it happens, but they aleady absolutely fucked us all, and I no longer even think I have an idea where the bottom is going to be. Fuck them. Whatever embers of empathy I may have tried to preserve for them all these years is gone. They have fucked themselves, they have fucked the rest of us, and barring a literal miracle I doubt anyone over 40 has much chance of seeing things righted within their lifetime.

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago

The reason you give a shit about his voters turning on him is because you need them on your side, not his.

This is simple pragmatism. If you want your country back, you have to rebalance the scales. And that means convincing a lot of those people to start acting in their own self interest; regular people vs billionaires instead of red vs blue. Some of them are too lost to hate to be worth talking to, but not all. And you need all the help you can get.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

So... you want to "own the cons"?

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