President Trump ripped Democratic messaging on affordability in Tuesday’s off year elections, calling it a “con job” by the Democrats.
“Walmart said yesterday that the Thanksgiving [dinner] was 25 percent more expensive under Biden. To me, that’s a big number because Wal-Mart’s respected,” Trump told reporters, referring to the retail giant’s annual Thanksgiving meal.
“That would mean that the whole series of pricing and costs, you know the groceries, and everything else, it was a con job,” he said. “Affordability, they call it, was a con job by the Democrats.”
“The Democrats are good at a few things, cheating on elections and conning people with facts that aren’t true,” he said.
The comments are a part of Trump’s latest effort to criticize Democrats over the issue of affordability after Republicans performed poorly in Tuesday’s off-year elections in various states across the country. Last year, Trump and Republicans successfully campaigned on affordability, leading to wins across the country.
He’s been using the Walmart Thanksgiving meal example as a way to amplify his administration’s efforts to bring down prices. But annual inflation rose to 3 percent in September, the same rate as when he took office in January, meaning prices are rising at the same rates as they were during the end of the Biden administration.
On Thursday, the president said in a post on TruthSocial that the issue of affordability was “dead” for Democrats, again referencing the cost of Walmart’s annual holiday meal.
But he left out that the holiday meal includes fewer items this year and that some have been replaced with the Walmart brand instead of name brands.
As a result, the meal this year will serve 10 people for under $4 per person. Last year, Walmart’s holiday meal served eight people for less than $7 per person, according to the company’s website.
