California Senator Adam Schiff admitted on ABC News that his Democratic Party lost the 2024 election because they neglected to remain “laser focused” on the rising cost of living while attacking President Donald Trump’s economic policies.
Inflation hit 9% in June 2022 under former President Joe Biden, a stunning increase from the 1.4% when he assumed office. Notwithstanding the economic downturn, both Biden and the Democrats regularly minimised the state of affairs; the then-former president often praised his economic successes even as Americans struggled with rising living expenses.
Co-host Jonathan Karl of ABC’s “This Week” grilled Schiff on a Democrat being kicked from the House Chamber Tuesday for trying to disrupt Trump’s address. Karl wondered whether Fetterman had “a point” given an X post by Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, who condemned the disturbance as more harmful to the party.
“I believe the absence of a coordinated reaction to the State of the Union was a blunder,” Schiff stated. “To be honest, it shifted the emphasis off of where it should have been, which is on the fact that the president spoke for an hour and 40 minutes and had nothing to say about what he would do to lower expenses.”
Trump’s speech, according to Schiff, did not provide Americans with assistance to “afford a new home, pay the rent or afford health care or child care.” He continued by saying Democrats must maintain their “focus” on the economy even if they declined to run aggressively on the subject before the November elections.
“They’re destroying the economy, and they’re making it harder and harder for Americans to afford things. Schiff said, without proof, regarding Trump and his Republican Party, “That’s where we have to maintain the emphasis.” “We lost the last election for this reason: we weren’t laser-focused on the high cost of living. What they are doing now only makes the administration so much worse, and that is really what we have to stress.”
Karl did not urge Schiff to elaborate on what Republicans and Trump were doing to make matters “worse.”
Following his broad new tariffs that recently shook world markets, President Trump has become more popular.
Trump is still quite popular in the United States, says an exclusive DailyMail.com/J.L. Partners poll.
The survey found that Trump’s approval rating rose to 53 percent, a 4-point increase over last week’s 49 percent.
Given the substantial criticism the White House got over the tariff order signed Wednesday, Trump’s increasing support rating is unexpected.
Among those between the ages of 18 and 29, his approval has climbed 13 points since March 7. The poll also revealed that Trump gained six points in favorability among Democrats and independents.
Especially among black voters, his support increased by 17 percent since last week. Moreover, regarding his universal 10 percent tax on all imported products, more Americans back the program than reject it.
Of those polled, 36% backed Trump’s 10% minimum tariff; just 28% opposed it; the other 36% were on the fence.
When polled on raising duties on all imported products, 39% of registered voters supported it, 37% opposed it, and 24% were uncertain.
Since last month, support for wide tariffs aimed at China and the European Union has also grown.
Voters also indicated broad support for tariffs on particular industries including airplanes, plastics, precious metals, iron, and steel.
Nations, however, are increasing and reacting to the duties by proposing to reduce or abolish theirs on U.S. imports.
Nearly 100 days into his administration, American companies and job board executives have given Trump a quite good report card, claiming they think the economy “can win now,” even if, as they point out, it hasn’t “started to win yet.”
FIG Strategy & Consulting founder, author and Freedom Economy Index (FEI) respondent TaChelle Lawson told Fox News Digital, “Right now, I would give President Trump a fairly solid B+.
His very obvious strategy was to concentrate on economics. He’s obviously cutting the fat and prioritizing business. Small business owners and business operators know and value that. I believe it is obvious that his emphasis is on American business, she said. “I do, nonetheless, believe the message might use some improvement.
Among more than 50,000 small company owners, Lawson participated in the most recent RedBalloon and PublicSquare quarterly poll.
According to the poll, more than two-thirds of respondents now anticipate either “slow” or “robust” growth all year long, a total reversal from the once pessimistic view, Fox Business said.
