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democratsruletheday

(1,747 posts) Fri Nov 7, 2025, 09:55 AM Friday

Affordability, Affordability, AFFORDABILITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dems better harp on this from now until the midterms a year from now. MAMDANI won on it in NYC and even Margorie Taylor Greene mentioned it yesterday. They can run from it but they can't hide. tOrange shit stain said yesterday "he doesn't wanna hear anymore about affordability. It's not true....it's a hoax." So that's another reason to sync up their messaging it to combat his sorry gas lighting, fat ass. It's a winning message folks. Irony is, it's a big part of how/why Trump won in '24 and now he's failing miserably at delivering lower prices.

BEAT THE DRUM EVERY DAY DEMS: AFFORDABILITY!!!!!!!!!! Groceries, cars, housing, everything.

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Affordability, Affordability, AFFORDABILITY!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Original Post) democratsruletheday Friday OP

Trump literally thinks he invented the word Diraven Friday #1

Comparison. usonian Friday #2

just blows me away what MTG is up to.... democratsruletheday Friday #3

What's interesting about MTGs approach is that it is premised on exhaustion of Trump/MAGA Prairie Gates Friday #4

maybe....but one thing is for sure democratsruletheday Friday #5

I'm with you, but what's the answer going to be when our leaders get asked, "What specific steps Silent Type Friday #6

Mamdani's campaign just showed us the answer leftstreet Friday #7

In NYC and a few places like that. Eventually, maybe everywhere. Doubtful in 2026, but who knows? Silent Type Friday #8

Seriously. pinkstarburst Friday #9

MaddowBlog-Trump makes an overdue discovery: 'They have this new word called affordability' LetMyPeopleVote Friday #10

It's got to be affordability AND the attack yorkster Friday #11

Diraven

(1,736 posts)

1. Trump literally thinks he invented the word

Reply to democratsruletheday (Original post)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 10:00 AM

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3 days ago, and then fixed the entire problem in 3 days.

usonian

(22,371 posts)

2. Comparison.

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Fri Nov 7, 2025, 10:02 AM

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democratsruletheday

(1,747 posts)

3. just blows me away what MTG is up to....

Reply to democratsruletheday (Original post)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 10:16 AM

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she's a slick one for sure. Trying to transform from her deplorable sorry assed maga ways to a decent human being. Won't work, but the dog and pony show to become nationally relevant is good theater if nothing else. Her harping on 'affordability' again yesterday is hilarious cuz you KNOW it's getting under tOrange shitter's thin skin.

Prairie Gates

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4. What's interesting about MTGs approach is that it is premised on exhaustion of Trump/MAGA

Reply to democratsruletheday (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 10:20 AM

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She's essentially distancing herself from Trump in a variety of ways: that's how she sees the future of Republican politics. That she's doing it specifically on the Epstein issue is notable. Maybe she knows some of what the DOJ is hiding.

democratsruletheday

(1,747 posts)

5. maybe....but one thing is for sure

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 10:26 AM

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that slick lil' chameleon is gonna be around a LONG time. She's like a cockroach the way she's transforming and shedding her old skin:

"Yes, cockroaches shed their skin (molt) as they grow from nymph to adult, a process called ecdysis. The hard, outer layer, or exoskeleton, doesn't grow, so nymphs must periodically shed it to increase in size. They shed their skin about five to eight times, depending on the species"

Sounds like the new MTG to me.

Silent Type

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6. I'm with you, but what's the answer going to be when our leaders get asked, "What specific steps

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Fri Nov 7, 2025, 10:37 AM

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will you take to achieve ‘affordability?’” Tax the wealthy is good, but lots of poor people hear the word “tax” and go bonkers for some reason.

leftstreet

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7. Mamdani's campaign just showed us the answer

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #6)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 10:45 AM

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Free buses, rent freezes, free childcare

How do we pay for it?
1. Governmental action (tax the rich)
2. Market incentives (tax credits)

Mamdani's campaign leaned right into No 1, taxing the rich

Silent Type

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8. In NYC and a few places like that. Eventually, maybe everywhere. Doubtful in 2026, but who knows?

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Fri Nov 7, 2025, 10:49 AM

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pinkstarburst

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9. Seriously.

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Fri Nov 7, 2025, 10:57 AM

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LetMyPeopleVote

(172,486 posts)

10. MaddowBlog-Trump makes an overdue discovery: 'They have this new word called affordability'

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Fri Nov 7, 2025, 10:58 AM

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After Democrats scored election victories, the president started talking about “affordability.” Unfortunately, his assessment is rooted in nonsense.

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Trump makes an overdue discovery: 'They have this new word called affordability'

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-makes-overdue-discovery-new-word-called-affordability-rcna242345

Donald Trump spent years publishing assorted messages to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, but he literally never wrote a tweet that included the word “affordability.”....

The day after Democratic election victories, Trump assured the public, “Affordability is our goal.” That was followed by a related online rant: “2025 Thanksgiving dinner under Trump is 25% lower than 2024 Thanksgiving dinner under Biden, according to Walmart. My cost [sic] are lower than the Democrats on everything, especially oil and gas! So the Democrats [sic] ‘affordability’ issue is DEAD! STOP LYING!!!”

Whether the president understands this or not, Walmart lowered the cost of its Thanksgiving dinner by reducing the number of items included in the package and replacing brand-name products with value products. It was not, in other words, the result of the White House’s awesomeness.

As for the idea that the underlying issue is “dead,” the president seems to know better. Consider his exchange with Bret Baier during the Republican’s Fox News interview Wednesday night.

Link to tweet

.......By Trump’s reasoning, GOP officials and candidates have struggled because they haven’t talked about the cost-of-living challenges facing American consumers. That might make him feel better, but the underlying issue isn’t rhetorical, it’s practical.

Republicans can use “this new word” all the time and it won’t change the fact the party, with total control over federal policymaking, has failed spectacularly to address one of the key issues that elevated them to power in the first place.

Democrats scored election victories, not by mentioning “affordability,” but by shining a light on the GOP’s substantive failures on the issue and offering an alternative.

The longer Trump fails to understand this, the more often he and his party will suffer political and electoral consequences.

yorkster

(3,563 posts)

11. It's got to be affordability AND the attack

Reply to democratsruletheday (Original post)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 12:03 PM

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on democracy. Prices are higher AND your rights are being eroded. Trump wants protesters to be deemed terrorists and his doj is hunting down people like John Brennan. And we don't need absentee ballots or early voting. Where's your ID if you want to vote.

It's all of a piece.

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