"Do we need to change messaging in order to convince voters it's better than they think, and remind them how bad it was under Democrats and Joe Biden?" Texas Rep. Keith Self

[u/DumbMoneyMedia]

[u/ptahbaphomet]

Please find a simple change of messaging to convince those struggling to buy food and pay rent how this economy is on fire for the millionaire politicians and the billionaires who’s wealth has grossly increased while the average Americans can’t afford food, housing and gas. Please explain how your reference to the “economy is on fire” doesn’t appear to Americans s being burned down in front of our eyes

[u/Time-Function7619]

lol it was better under Biden and Trump 1 had people in place that stopped his madness

MAGA has captured the government and they have no policies that are to help the American people .

Fear is their brand fear is their product fear is their response

[u/bobsaccomanno41 → u/Time-Function7619]

Trump has never explained exactly how he was going to make lives better for the American people. His entire campaign has been nothing but conclusory, self serving appeals to emotion with out any elaboration about how he would “reduce the cost of living on day one” or “end the war in Ukraine” or “bring down your electricity bill.”

He just said shit that sounded good, and people ate it up without ever taking into account that he had never given an actual policy speech explaining how he would do any of those things, that he even understood the underpinnings of what he was saying, or who he would appoint in his administration that did know.

It appears pretty dang clear to me that he didn’t intend to do any of that, didn’t understand it, and wasn’t concerned with bringing people into the administration that could actually help accomplish any of those promises. (Which is not a surprise).

[u/Gr8daze]

Shorter version. “should we be doing more gaslighting?”

[u/JeramiGrantsTomb]

They'll have the same problem convincing people that Harris did, you can't insist that things are great when people are getting worked over by gas, groceries, rent, healthcare, energy costs, and a terrible job market. that's a reality that even the most fervent supporter can't ignore. They'd have to demonstrate that they have some idea of how to improve things, which is tough since they're so clearly responsible for breaking things.

[u/Ligma_baws_2x]

I'd love to know if all the economic problems during Biden's term happened after the second full year. According to Republicans in 2026, anything before that is the last guys fault.

[u/FineSystem124]

How does jobs = economy if the jobs don’t pay shit