Democrats won on grocery prices, but good luck fixing them
Voters were furious about rent and eggs, so they handed Democrats a win. Only snag? The brakes belong to someone else entirely.
People showed up to vote pissed off about the cost of living. That was the whole pitch: things are absurdly expensive, pick us, relief is on the way. And it worked.
Except now comes the governing part. Instead of a blank check, they are stepping into a split Congress where Republicans have zero incentive to cooperate, facing a president already warming up his veto pen.
Campaigning on cheap groceries is pure genius right up until the moment of actually needing votes to pass a bill.
Winning an election on inflation just guarantees whoever won gets blamed for the very next receipt.
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