The biggest hurdles Democrats face on affordability
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[0:00] The midterm election results were a
[0:01] referendum on the economy. Look, voters
[0:03] sent a very simple message to
[0:05] Washington. [music] Life is too
[0:07] expensive.
[0:08] >> Affordability is is definitely right up
[0:10] there at the top.
[0:11] >> People upset about the price of gas and
[0:13] the groceries and just living in
[0:15] general. It's so hard to get to school
[0:17] every day when gas prices is like $5.
[0:20] >> Cuz go back to 2024. Republicans ran on
[0:23] the promise that they were going to
[0:24] bring prices down.
[0:25] >> We will end the inflation nightmare that
[0:28] you would have never had. We had no
[0:30] inflation.
[0:31] >> I know a lot of you are worried about
[0:32] paying the bills. It's going to stop
[0:34] when Donald Trump brings back common
[0:36] sense to this country
[0:37] >> and they didn't deliver. By the way,
[0:40] yes, we have high gas prices and and
[0:42] people are frustrated about that. But
[0:43] this isn't just about energy. This is
[0:46] about multiple years of prices adding on
[0:49] top of each other. And that happened in
[0:51] both Republican and Democrat
[0:54] administrations. So now Democrats are
[0:56] the ones promising to bring p