So, the Democrats’ strategy is to hope for failure, bet that the region erupts in chaos, even if it means more American lives are lost, all to drive down Trump’s popularity.
When not sowing discord about the war, Democrats are actively trying to talk down the economy and doing whatever they can to make their dire predictions come true.
As Reuters noted, the 43-day government shutdown that Democrats engineered last fall shaved 1.15 percentage points of the nation’s GDP in the fourth quarter.
When the February jobs numbers came out last Friday, showing an unexpected drop of 92,000, Democrats seized on it to predict economic calamity.
“The warning signs about this economy have been flashing for months,” said Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass, who is the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee. He said Trump has “left families with an economy limping as costs soared and growth weakened.”
None of that is true. Inflation has been well below the Biden years for Trump’s entire second term. Real wages are up. Until the shutdown took a bite out of the GDP, the previous two quarters came in “unexpectedly” strong.
Don’t expect media “fact-checkers” to point any of this out. But the constant bleating about economic turmoil can affect consumer confidence, which in turn can bring about the results Democrats are predicting.
Rooting for failure so they can seize power. That’s what today’s Democrats are all about.
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board
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