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Home Democratic Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is placing his foot on the gasoline and driving residence what appears to be like like a rising Democratic benefit as Donald Trump and Home Republicans crash the economic system.
Video of Jeffries:
Jeffries opened up a Monday press convention going:
Donald Trump and Home Republicans spent all of final 12 months promising to decrease the excessive price of residing in America whereas on the similar time frame operating away from Undertaking 2025 and pretending as if it did not exist. They persistently lied to the American folks, and now the American persons are feeling the results of this excessive administration, the Trump administration, this excessive President Donald Trump, and these excessive MAGA Republicans who’re briefly within the majority within the Home of Representatives.
This 12 months, Republicans have executed nothing, not a single factor, to decrease the excessive price of residing in the US of America.
The price of residing is just too excessive. Housing prices are too excessive. Grocery prices are too excessive. Insurance coverage prices are too excessive. Utility prices are too excessive. Childcare prices are too excessive. America is just too costly, and Democrats stay dedicated to driving down the excessive price of residing in the US of America as a substitute, as a substitute of prices taking place, which Donald Trump promised would occur on day considered one of his presidency. Prices aren’t taking place. They are going up. Inflation goes up. Donald Trump and Republicans are literally crashing the economic system in actual time. You possibly can’t make this up. They’re deliberately inflicting ache on the American folks.
Jeffries is right on all counts, however let’s look somewhat deeper and see if we are able to acquire perception into the potential for the GOP Home majority to be short-term.
