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Democrats slam Trump for not making good on promise to ‘immediately’ lower food prices
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despite campaign promises to lower prices “immediately.”
It's was obvious that he's like any dictator will not fix anything.
What's with the fucking eggs, why does everyone focus on fucking eggs. There's more food than God damn eggs for fucks sake
Never mind, on the next election we'll vote for someone else, to lower the price of vegetables at that time
Just guessing, but eggs are a major staple in the average American diet that don't have a whole lot of comparable alternatives like grain or milk. So when there's a shortage or prices go up, people don't have something to replace it with so it's more apparent that they're missing out on something and that gets attention.
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These people were everyone's hopes LMAO 🤣
But I thought the president doesn't control prices...
Meanwhile all lawmakers had gains in stocks larger than the average Joe. The fuck they care about prices
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The DNC is that smug asshole whose entire TED talk is saying "We need to find new solutions" and then patting himself on the back for bodly going where others have already gone.
When I read talking points like this, I think about: Who would they convince? I don't think many people honestly believe Democrats had a capable plan to fix these grocery prices in the first month of a Kamala presidency. Yes, Trump over-promised, and unfortunately, that was probably the right tactic.
I'm still not absolving voters for falling for such snake oil though. Sometimes when grandma clicks the "You have a virus" prompt for the 400th time you have to start blaming her.
Actually, the last important bit to me is who exactly is saying this. Recalling from memory, Elizabeth Warren once put forward a suggestion to require that 40% of a company's board be voted in by employees. It's very possible that with a less corrupt, profit-seeking corporate landscape we wouldn't be in this situation. So even more than Kamala she may have credit to blame others for such things.
I’m still not absolving voters for falling for such snake oil though
I don't like it when people blame those who voted for Trump, like "if you voted for Trump, you should die". In working democracy though, it would be possible to cancel election, re-count votes anyway, to right away impeach Trump, etc. like in Romania:
- "Romania's presidential election canceled over TikTok disinformation investigation" - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/12/07/romania-s-presidential-election-canceled-over-tiktok-disinformation-investigation_6735508_4.html
- "EU investigates TikTok over alleged Russian meddling in Romanian vote" - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2v13nz202o
- "TikTok influencers flee Romania amid tax probe into their election role" - https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-tiktok-election-calin-georgescu-elena-lasconi/
Also some news articles, just in case:
- "The Russian Disinformation Campaign During the Romanian Presidential Elections: The Perfect Example of a Violation of International Law?" - https://opiniojuris.org/2025/01/27/the-russian-disinformation-campaign-during-the-romanian-presidential-elections-the-perfect-example-of-a-violation-of-international-law/
- "TikTok pushes far right candidate content in Romanian election, Global Witness investigation shows" - https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/tiktok-pushes-far-right-candidate-content-romanian-election-global-witness-investigation-shows/
TikTok and election disinformation:
- "TikTok still approving election disinformation ads in Ireland" - https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/tiktok-still-approving-election-disinformation-ads-ireland/
Did Kamala/Democrats promise to fix the food prices? Followed your election and don't recall them saying that, it is possible I could have missed it
The reason Kamala lost is because nobody in the Democratic National Committee thought to say "We will raise your wages and break up the monopolies raising prices at the grocery store and the pump"
Because the main DNC campaign donors are Billionaires and Lobbies, and well, see, that would eat into corporate profits. The Republican Billionaires however are very very happy to lie to get exactly what they want. So Trump won. Because, and I don't say this lightly, 30% of Americans are greedy gullible morons. And our political system is so broken due to vote suppression and the ignorant fact that population center votes count for less than rural ones.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7wC42HgLA4k
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/14/politics/restrictive-voting-laws-brennan-report/index.html
https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020
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How do I filter out those stupid meaning ngless words? Under fire, roasted destroyed... I just can't anymore according to headlines Trump should be molecular paste by now.
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Donald Trump PILED DRIVE'D HEAD FIRST INTO A FOLDING TABLE by Democrats pointing out his policy promises are a 50 ton diesel trunk full of horse shit. . On the one had it's a good criticism because this is what he cult thought he wasn't lying about it. On the other hand, he fully admitted his polices would cause run away inflation and fuck the economy to death in his ''When I said I'd ruin your life last, I lied'' secret sex metaphor dungeon 30 feet below Mar-y-lago.
"I will drag your asses into prosperity and healthcare whether you like it or not."
Call him a liar. To his face. To his subordinates. To his mother. To his cousins. Keep calling him a liar until he understands he is the Dishonest Don.
He knows. He doesn’t care.
He actually does seem to care, a lot. It's why he always says fake news, if he didn't care about being called a liar, he'd ignroe it entirely. Losing control of the narrative drives him absolutely insane, it's why the whole "weird" thing got him so unhinged.
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I think he's such a narcissist that he doesn't know. Or convinces himself this is righteous attention. We need to take a play out of their playbook and not care. Keep repeating. Make it ruthless.
What? Saying mean things about Trump to his face is not even close to how ruthless we ought to be. Its not even on the same planet. I promise you, he's had people call him out to his face for the past 10 years. That wont help.
No. I'm saying they need rebrand him and not let up. And not try and make it make sense.
And neither will his supporters.
“ITS PATRIOTIC TO PAY $12 FOR AN EGG, IT HELPS AMERICA 🇺🇸”