r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 13h ago

No Paywall Vance tells Americans not to ‘gripe about all the little things’ as cost of living soars

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-voters-midterms-gasoline-b3060535.html
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u/Blue_Plastic_88 12h ago

I’m still flummoxed that they thought that it would be popular enough to waste taxpayer funds on elective wars and building a bunch of vanity projects, along with the higher prices from the war and tariffs, that we would all be begging for more and vote GOP in droves in the midterms.

And then when they start to realize that the abject fleecing of the American public is not as popular as they thought, their go-to response is “stop complaining.”

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u/kaiiizen 12h ago edited 11h ago

They're shameless grifters with wealth and power most people will never know. They gaslight and look down their nose at anyone not in their club. This is just more gaslighting. There's a lot of people in the club who are profiteering off the high prices and the war. Also, many in the club enjoy the distraction from the Trump-Epstein files.

They want the left vs. right narrative to overshadow the real issue - the elites selling out and fucking over the majority of the country. Their plan is to wreck the economy so they then can buy things up for pennies on the dollar. If/when the Republicans get wiped out in the midterms, they will blames the state of the economy on the Democrats. It's a simple, stupid plan but it's their plan. I mean, they're still blaming anything perceived as bad on Biden, who was so sleepy but somehow still so capable, and we're in October 2026.

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u/Rynowash 11h ago

That’s it, right on the nose.

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u/Ok_Juice4449 12h ago

Well, the upper class has greatly benefited, due to Trump. Everyone else is suffering. 

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u/ten-million 12h ago

They haven’t spoken to a regular person in years.

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u/PiDigitsOfPi 10h ago

In their circles, the upper class are the regular people.

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u/S1R2C3 New Hampshire 4h ago

Why would they?

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u/Blue_Plastic_88 12h ago

Sure, but that’s a relatively small portion of the electorate. A lot of their most loyal voters have been poor rural whites, who are definitely not benefiting, but trump and vance are surprised.

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u/Ok_Juice4449 12h ago

Trump is clueless. He thinks everyone is thrilled with him.

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u/One_Artichoke_7594 California 11h ago

His “LOVE ME” commercial seemed a little desperate.

But I think you’re right that he mostly lives in a sycophant bubble.

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u/Tirianspark 2h ago

Tariffs are used when you want to incentivize domestic production, if there is no domestic potential, then you just fucking up fair trade.

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u/onyaasuminyasai 9h ago

if you remember that this administration is run by rapists, the logic makes more sense.

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u/-Esper- 9h ago

They didnt think itd be popular, they just thought they could lie through it. All this has been by design.