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In reply to the discussion: Democrats need to address the "Working Class" problem and get over the "Isms" [View all]JT45242
(2,935 posts)Not tone deaf.
Unemployment at historic lows.
Real wages up.
Middle class healthier economically than during trump years.
But people remember eggs were really expensive for three months and see pictures of eggs with high prices. Of course, MSM and social media don't mention the culling of millions of chickens because of avian fly.
MSM did not push the VP of Kroger admitting to a congressional committee that prices were higher and remained high longer than needed to account for supply chain issues.
The Republicans and their billionaire overlords control the medium and the message.
But if you saw the ads that were running in Iowa and heard what was spewing you would see the racism. They ran ads that said Kamala let in 50 million illegal immigrants... seriously over one million a month for the four year term. And there were no repercussions for those lies.
If the voters weren't racist and uneducated they would have heard "you weren't supposed to fact check me" and think, if you are worried about fact checking, then you must be lying.
It started with right wing radio and the end of the fairness doctrine.