"Try as they might to present Zohran Mamdani as the exemplar of their opponents' radical-left lunacy, the platform the New York mayor-elect and other Democrats won on was affordability the same platform on which Trump ran, and has spectacularly failed to deliver. So in their panic, Republicans are scrambling to reclaim affordability. They have only two problems: their policies and their president."
"On 4 November, as soon as election results were in, the entrepreneur and erstwhile presidential wannabe Vivek Ramaswamy posted a video on the lessons the party should learn. Our side needs to focus on affordability. Make the American dream affordable, he said. Bring down costs. Electric costs, grocery costs, healthcare costs, and housing costs. And lay out how we're gonna do it."
"The next morning, JD Vance, the vice-president, weighed in, bucking up the losers in the administration's usual fashion: denying reality and making excuses. The president has done a lot that has already paid off in lower interest rates and lower inflation, but we inherited a disaster from Joe Biden and Rome wasn't built in a day. We're going to keep on working to make a decent life affordable in this country."
Republicans are responding to voter concerns about affordability after Democratic and mayoral winners ran on that platform. Prominent Republicans urged a policy pivot: Vivek Ramaswamy called for focusing on affordability by reducing electric, grocery, healthcare, and housing costs and outlining concrete plans. JD Vance defended the administration's record by citing lower interest rates and inflation while blaming inherited problems and promising continued efforts. Other Republicans expressed sharper concerns about policy gaps; Marjorie Taylor Greene warned against allowing enhanced ACA marketplace tax credits to lapse, citing rising premiums, food prices, and a looming economic slowdown.
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