Summary

Democratic lawmakers, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, criticized Trump for failing to address rising food costs despite campaign promises to lower prices “immediately.”

In a letter, they accused Trump of focusing on mass deportations and January 6 pardons instead of tackling grocery inflation, which rose 1.8% in 2024, with egg prices up 36.8%.

Trump’s administration defended its actions, citing efforts to reduce inflation by cutting energy costs.

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    7 hours ago

    It would, but it’d be a poor political tactic, because the idea is to make your issue/position cognitively sticky, that is, make people remember it involuntarily. All of the engagement around flashing would be “huhuhuhuhuh boobs,” and nobody would talk about or remember the actual issue.