Alyssa Farah Griffin criticized the Democrats' strategy around Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill, arguing that average Americans care less about Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scores and more about real policies. She pointed out that Republicans capitalize on practical issues like tax cuts, while Democrats might benefit from discussing work requirements for SNAP. However, she emphasized that if the Democrats' concerns remain abstract, they risk being perceived as irrelevant. Other commentators expressed concern over the effectiveness of the Democrats' messaging and the general public sentiment towards work obligations and benefits.
"I think, If I may, no one's sitting around their kitchen table talking about CBO scores... Republicans realize that, and I think they realize as long as in six months they can go around to their districts and say, Hey we extended the Trump tax cuts, we got this energy policy through that's lowering costs for Americans,' that's what people are going to care about."
"I do think the Democrats have a decent messaging line if they talk about the work requirements around SNAP and benefits... until people feel it, I feel like it can kind of feel like empty noise from the Dems."
"...from Republicans, I would argue we could frame this as: if you're an able-bodied person should that person go out and work? Most people would say, Well, hell yeah..."
"They can lean on that, argued Bolduan. They can, but I just don't know how effective that's going to be when the average person is saying, I'm working my butt off everybody else should also be out there working.'"
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