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Fox News host Harris Faulkner called out a Democratic guest on Monday after claiming American voters didn’t understand that the economy was “strong.”
President-elect Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris won more than the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency in the early morning of November 6, after making significant gains under both black And Spanish voters in the polls ahead of the election, largely due to the economy. Democratic strategist Fred Hicks claimed the party was engaging in “soul searching” while claiming the “economy was strong.”
“Donald Trump won the election, and the Democrats are very clear about that. Some people are wondering if it was played with,” claimed Hicks. “In addition to the outcome of the 2024 election, we saw that last week when President Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House. That said, at the same time we are trying to figure out what happened because the economy was strong and continues to be strong.”
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Prices have risen since President Joe Biden and Harris took office in January 2021 rose by more than 20%, while the consumer price index (CPI) reaches a high of 9% in June 2022. In comparison, the CPI grew 1.4% year-on-year in January 2021when Trump left office, while the average price for a gallon of gasoline in the same year was less than $2.25, according to to GasBuddy.com.
“You say that, but the people were not strong. You look at America, but you don’t see the Americans who said they weren’t strong in the wallet. That food prices were too high. You’re still saying it,” Faulkner told Hicks, who responded by claiming there was a “disconnect” between them.
“It’s not a disconnect. It’s a break with the facts, but not between us as individuals, Fred,” Faulkner responded.
Hicks admitted that Americans did not feel the economy was good, before admitting that Democrats were struggling with their “message” during the election.
“Democrats now have a real problem with our messaging and a real problem with connecting and a real problem with people understanding where we are because we’ve moved up a little bit and we’ve allowed the Republicans to frame us in such a way that we focused on social issues rather than economic issues,” said Hicks.
“They saw you raising millions of dollars in campaign money through Kamala Harris. The voters framed you. They decided what you were,” Faulkner replied. “When you say ‘whining’ about the elections. I mean, that’s not helpful. I mean, what is that? Why would you even say that unless you really thought it? It’s confusing. It’s simple. It’s the economy, it’s the border. Believe the voters.”
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