On Oct. 3, 2022, with the midterm elections less than five weeks away, the U.S. inflation rate had climbed to 8.3% under the Biden-Harris administration.
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rate → climb → administration
Eventually, despite the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act earlier that year, inflation would skyrocket to 9.1%, its highest level since 1982.
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inflation → skyrocket → 1982
On Oct. 3, 2026, with the midterm elections less than five weeks away, the U.S. inflation rate stands at 3.4% under the Trump administration.
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rate → stand → administration
This comes one year and three months after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law, which included making the Trump tax cuts permanent and eliminating taxes on tips for service workers and on Social Security.
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cuts → come → Security
In September of 2022, more than 227,000 people crossed the U.S. border illegally, a 12% increase from the previous month.
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people → cross → month
About 20% of those crossings involved those who had tried to cross the border before.
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who → involve → border
Shortly thereafter, Biden visited Arizona, a state overrun by illegal immigrants during his first and only term, but refused to visit the border.
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Biden → visit → border
“Why go to a border state and not visit the border?” Fox’s Peter Doocy asked Biden at the time.
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Doocy → go → time
“Because there are more important things going on,” Biden shot back.
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Biden → be → ?
On Oct. 3, 2026, zero people were released into the country who tried to enter in September.
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who → release → September
This continued an impressive streak of 16 months without one illegal being released into the United States under Trump, which ended the Biden era’s catch-and-release policy.
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which → continue → policy
“The media and our friends in the Democrat Party kept saying we needed new legislation to secure the border — but it turned out that all we really needed was a new president
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we → say → border
,” Trump declared.
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Trump → declare → ?
Affordability and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been the rallying cries of Democrats as they try to take back the House and Senate in November.
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they → abolish → November
The party is depending on voters to have the memory of a goldfish, hoping they cannot recall how we got high prices and rampant illegal immigration in the first place.
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we → depend → place
More compare-and-contrast figures: Grocery prices were rising at a 7.7% clip in October 2022, but are only increasing by 2.2% today.
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prices → compare → %
Housing was up by 5% four years ago, but is up 4% and falling today.
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Housing → fall → %
Giving Democrats back the levers of power is like handing matches back to an arsonist.
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Giving → give → arsonist
Because if they had a plan to make things more affordable, why did 220 out of 220 Democratic lawmakers in Congress vote for the toothless and misleading Inflation Reduction Act?
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lawmakers → have → Act
Why did all 50 Democratic members of the Senate do the same?
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members → do → same
In retrospect, it only led to nearly $900 billion in new spending, including nearly $400 billion on green tax credits, grants, and climate initiatives.
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it → lead → credits
“The Inflation Reduction Act — I wish I hadn’t called it that, because it has less to do with reducing inflation than it does to do with dealing with providing for alternatives that generate economic growth,” Biden admitted one year later when it was clear the bill wasn’t working as named.
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bill → wish → growth
So what’s the Democrats’ plan for bringing down prices this time around?
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plan → ’ → prices
It’s objectively difficult to answer.
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It → ’ → ?
Some are saying that taxing “millionaires and billionaires” is part of the answer, which will only slow economic growth.
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which → say → growth
Another proposal is to drastically increase spending by having the government build 4 million new homes to address the housing crisis.
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government → increase → crisis
They also seek to extend Obamacare tax credits.
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They → seek → credits
But history again shows things were worse under Democrat rule.
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things → show → rule
Overall, the inflation-adjusted average for a gallon of gas is $3.43 under Trump in his second term versus $3.89 on average under Biden.
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average → adjust → Biden
Yet the Blue Team, which comprises more than a few members who oppose offshore drilling and fracking, says it knows how to bring down gas prices.
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it → comprise → prices
It’s unintentional comedy.
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It → ’ → ?
As are Democrats wanting to abolish ICE, which is a wink and a nod back to the days of open borders and granting amnesty to anyone coming into the country illegally, all with the hope of making them U.S. voters one day.
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them → want → hope
“Americans may choose to vote for Democrats to send a message to Trump,” wrote the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board earlier this week.
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board → choose → Trump
“But expecting daily life to become more affordable under their policies is indulging hope over expensive experience.”
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life → expect → experience
Trump understands this contrast better than anyone, but his frustration with legacy media playing its usual role as servants to the Democratic Party is palpable.
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media → understand → Party
“We have the best economy in the world,” he said recently.
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he → have → world
The only thing we don’t have is good public relations.
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we → have → ?
We don’t seem to be able to get the word across.
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We → seem → word
That’s because of the press.
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That → ’ → press
Yes, the press is going to do what it always does: Ensure Democrats gain power.
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Democrats → go → power
…and 10 more, not listed.
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