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Originally Posted by GrantDawg
It really is dumb, but it is an easy fix. "Are you better off than you were 5 years ago?" I think the Dems love hanging how bad the response to the pandemic was on Trump, and rightfully so. So the Republicans should take it back before the pandemic. There are many people on the lower end of the economy that aren't better off then they were 5 year ago. There was low unemployment then too, but housing and food costs were much, much lower. You could buy a car with zero interest, used cars were much cheaper than new cars, mortgage rates were at 3-4%, etc. etc.
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This potentially works to the GOP's advantage in two ways. One, as you point out, things were better in terms of interest rates and prices for every day items. Two, the GOP can basically attempt to whitewash the Pandemic response by arguing "Trump had the very worst of it, Biden got the easy part of coming out of it, so let's call it a wash" and just focus on the economy before and after the Pandemic. It allows them to both take advantage of a more favorable economic situation and blow off Trump's handling of the Pandemic.
I don't know if they would try to lean into the Pandemic response like DeSantis did. So pretend like it didn't happen and convince people that if you compare apples to apples, Biden has screwed everything up post-Pandemic.