Serious point: I got to the point she talked about the cost of living crisis, and her ideas for fixing it are wrong, but simply the fact that she acknowledged that it exists is a huge deal. Biden seemed intent on ignoring it. She's gaining a lot of ground simply by recognizing the problem.
EDIT: I have previously drawn a comparison between our election and the UK election this year, where the Tories got decimated largely because of the cost of living crisis. And one of the things they did wrong was basically ignore that the crisis existed. Owning up to that may not be enough, but it is a necessary first step.
Thank you for much more efficiently and much more concisely making a point that I've been trying to make while begging all political parties to spell out to me pretty much my entire life.
That being 'acknowledge a blatent, common cause of stress for all of us and better yet, communicate a creative and effective humanistic solution that will make our nation even greater than it currently is'.
Identity legitimate barriers along with the solution.
To your point, one of my biggest issues with the Republican apparatus and campaigns was the resistance to even acknowledge what I feel are big issues....so you don't win me over and as I don't take the right wing apparatus seriously.
That could be easily and greatly welcomed by me if it changed, but I have my doubts as it's easier to create narratives vs create effective solutions that has a purpose to remove barriers and benefit everyone.
The line being as much as some despise the left, the left's goal is to help and benefit everyone including those that hate the left.
An example being the infrastructure bill addresses issues in every state ...not just states that are blue. Hell it's to the point that Republican congresspeople are getting dragged for bragging about an infrastructure project in their district that they voted against.
Pete Stuber from northern Minnesota got called out for bragging about a project even though he voted against it.
I think Boebert has also done the same amount a handful of others for this example.
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U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber drew criticism from across the aisle Monday for touting federal funding for a local bridge replacement, despite his 2021 vote against the federal infrastructure bill that supports such projects.
Gov. Tim Walz on Monday announced $1 billion in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation has been secured to replace the Blatnik Bridge between Duluth and Superior, Wisconsin.
Stauber, whose Eighth congressional district includes Duluth, took to social media Monday morning to make an announcement of his own, writing on X: "This is a HUGE win for #MN08 and I was proud to advocate for these funds."
A press release from Stauber's office states the Congressman has "consistently advocated for these funds, sending several letters to the Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and President Joe Biden."
However, Stauber joined the majority of House Republicans in voting against the bipartisan infrastructure bill in November 2021.
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