Why should America worry about Trump? Try the price of eggs, say some Democrats

NEW YORK — As their party struggles to navigate the early days of Donald Trump’s second presidency, some Democrats are convinced that their road to recovery lies in the price of eggs. “When that is your day-to-day worry, the philosophical conversations about a constitutional crisis or the democracy is simply not a luxury you can afford,” Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet, D-Mich. “I’m not saying we shouldn’t worry about those things, because we should and they are important, but they are not primary in the minds of the people in Saginaw, Michigan.” The message underscores the Democratic ecosystem’s broad acknowledgment that the party must make changes to win back the hearts and minds of voters worried about the economy, who shifted toward Trump’s GOP last fall and gave Republicans control of the White House and both chambers of Congress. Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin, whose organization helped coordinate a nationwide protest movement that put House Republicans on defense, called the Democrats’ focus on eggs “a communications strategy built for a 1990s policy fight.” “They’re looking at polls that say inflation is unpopular, and they think Dems can win people with boring, tired talking points,” Levin said. In the opening hours of Trump’s presidency, the Democratic National Committee issued talking points encouraging allies to talk about “Trump’s plans to screw over America” and highlight Trump’s alliances with Musk and other tech billionaires. According to the survey, about 9 in 10 Americans say that food prices are “not so good” or “poor,” including about half who say they’re “poor.” And a CNN/SSRS poll conducted in mid-February found that about 6 in 10 Americans said Trump had “not gone far enough” in trying to reduce the price of everyday goods.