It’s all concerning the cash, child.
On Wednesday’s episode of “Early Begin With Rahel Solomon,” CNN’s chief knowledge analyst Harry Enten stated that almost all American voters don’t suppose President Donald Trump “offers a hoot” concerning the present state of the financial system — and that the Republican Social gathering “needs to be scared s-h-blank-blank-blank-less” about it.
“Donald Trump is likely to be making an attempt to downplay voters’ considerations about affordability, however I’m right here to inform you that may be a ginormous error,” Enten stated. “It might be an error that goes down in political infamy.”
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Enten went on to elucidate that knowledge exhibits that throughout the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, extra Individuals trusted that Trump was extra able to fixing “the issue of inflation” than his opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris.
A yr later, nonetheless, it appears that evidently most voters really feel like Trump offered them nothing greater than a bunch of ineffective snake oil in relation to his financial insurance policies.
“Take a look at the place we’re at present. Donald Trump is underwater with the Titanic in relation to inflation,” Enten stated, noting that the president’s internet approval ranking is now 26 factors within the unfavorable.
“My goodness gracious,” Enten stated about Trump’s plummeting numbers.
Enten went on to level out that Trump’s go-to tactic of passing “the political buck” when “issues aren’t going his method” isn’t going to fly this time, particularly if he’s putting the blame on his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.
“That, merely put, won’t work,” Enten stated, pointing to knowledge sourced from “ballot after ballot after ballot” that indicated that 54% of voters consider that Trump is extra accountable for their monetary woes, in comparison with the 21% who blame Biden.
“Now, after all, it’s one factor if voters don’t just like the state of the financial system,” Enten stated. “However it’s one other factor once they don’t suppose that Donald Trump truly offers a hoot.”
He then pulled up knowledge that confirmed that 75% of voters really feel that Trump is “not paying sufficient consideration to decreasing prices” — and that this opinion is held by 57% of Republicans.
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Enten stated that the GOP “needs to be scared s-h-blank-blank-blank-less” over Trump’s let-them-eat-cake vibes, as a result of voters are clearly ticked off. Enten pointed to Democrats’ large wins in native elections earlier this month, and famous that midterm elections are in a yr.
“If these numbers maintain and Donald Trump continues to attempt [to] ignore an issue that Individuals very a lot suppose we now have by way of price of dwelling, affordability, nicely, it is likely to be adios, amigos.”
“Goodbye for that Home majority, and I daresay, the Republican Senate majority as nicely,” Enten stated.
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Humorous sufficient, not-so-dumb actor Jeff Daniels made a similar call earlier this yr when he advised MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace in July that he hopes Trump voters are “shedding tons of cash.”
“I feel, on the finish of the day, that’s what’s going to do it,” the Emmy-winner stated of Trump supporters turning on the president due to cash. “‘Wait a minute, the grocery invoice is what, $180 extra? I can’t get that automotive that we now have to have until I pay one other $8,000. What? Who do I blame for that? Who do I see about that?’ One individual.”
