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Obama WH Deputy Chief of Staff, Obama 2012 Campaign Manager, and CEO of The Messina Group BOD: http://Blockchain.com, LanzaTech, VectraAI, Fortera, US Soccer Foundation. Leeds minority owner #MOT! https://messinamemo.substack.com
Health care costs are the #1 economic concern in the US.
Millions who received ACA subsidies have already seen their monthly premiums double (or more) this year because the GOP got rid of those tax credits.
And this is what the Trump admin & GOP are proposing???
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Fox: A new poll found that 64% are against Trump's tariffs. Is this a losing proposition for Trump? 90% of the tariffs have been passed on to American consumers and businesses.
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SOTU tomorrow. Here are the numbers I'm focused on⬇️
-60% say country is worse off than 1 year ago, including 68% of Independents!
-The average household paid $2,120 more last year.
-1 in 3 are “very worried” about health care bills.
-Battleground voters: 57% say Trump & GOP focused on wrong things.
Trump is writing attack ads for Democrats with his declaration that he "solved affordability". He's 18 points underwater on the economy and 29 points underwater on the cost of living for a reason.
Thanks for having me on this afternoon @lbarronlopez.bsky.social!
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Watching Trump’s press conference berating the court and vowing to continue to press tariffs that 70% of swing voters HATE. Trump is going to win the Gold Medal for downhill approval ratings.
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Great to be with @anacabrera.bsky.social today to discuss Trump's developing problem w/ non-college white voters.
This group went for Trump by 34 pts in '24, but new polling from @cookpolitical.com has him up w/ this demo by only 4.
Flashing red light for the GOP.
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You can read my piece here⬇️ messinamemo.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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Joined @katebolduan.bsky.social on @cnn.com this morning to talk about my new piece on Substack, "Democrats: Don’t Fall Into The Abolish ICE Trap… Again".
The American public is on our side on this issue. We just need to be disciplined on our message.
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New in the Messina Memo: "Democrats: Don’t Fall Into the “Abolish ICE” Trap… Again."
Trump’s abuses demand accountability, but the GOP wants this fight. Voters want reform, rule of law, and a pathway to citizenship. We have to meet the moment and voters. messinamemo.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Great to join Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz on @bloomberg.com. The last time Democrats won statewide in TX, I was a senior in college. Now I’m getting AARP mail and we’re discussing whether TX SEN could be in play. That's worth paying attention to.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson helped bend the arc of this country toward justice through a lifetime of courage, conviction, and relentless work. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones as they grieve his passing.
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Joined @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social last week for a great convo on Trump's coalition falling apart and his inability to focus on voters' top issues: the economy and affordability.
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Since Trump got back in office, the economy has added just 30k jobs a month.
Let's compare:
Biden: 336k jobs/month
Obama: 109k jobs/month
Trump: 30k jobs/month
Excluding recessions, 2025 represents the worst year for job growth since 2003.
Great to join @jaketapper.bsky.social last week to talk about TX Sen and the next generation of Democratic leaders.
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American households paid $2,120 more last year due to Trump’s inflation.
Trump's response?
"Inflation we’ve solved; it’s done."
"Affordability is a hoax."
“I don’t want to drive housing prices down."
If denying it is his plan, that +39 is only going up.
Great to join Joe Mathieu on @bloomberg.com TV today to talk about the political moment, the midterms, and Trump telling Bongino he wants to nationalize elections--because the only reason anybody wants to nationalize an election is to stop an election.
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Dems flipped 25 state leg. seats last year and the GOP flipped none. Dems now at 26 flips after TX & GOP still zero.
Yes, voters are turning on Trump's chaos, but bigger lesson is Dems win when we give people something to vote for (lower costs, good jobs) and compete EVERYWHERE.
Health care, costs, and the economy are voters' top issues.
Bad, bad, bad #s for Trump and the GOP⬇️
▪️Trump: 37% job approval (lowest of 2nd term); net approval on economy: -20!
▪️Democrats viewed as better on health care (+21), affordability (+14), & taxes (+1)--first lead on taxes since '06!
Midterms in just 284 days and Americans hate what they're seeing:
-Vance "proud" of ICE for detaining a pre-schooler yesterday.
-Health care costs skyrocketing.
-Price of beef up 16.4% + price of coffee up 19.8%.
-$1 Trillion in cuts to Medicaid, 300 rural hospitals in danger.
Big trouble.
Trump's Davos speech shows he can't/won't focus on Americans' top issues. Won't help his cratering #s.
-Economy #1 issue by almost 2-to-1 margin.
-55% say Trump's policies made economy worse.
-58% say his presidency is a failure.
-Overall approval: 39%
▪️Independents: 29%
▪️Latinos: 30%
▪️18-35: 30%
A New CNN poll just found 61% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of economy.
New AP-NORC poll, which interviewed Republicans, just found only 16% of GOP voters said Trump has helped “a lot” to address cost of living & inflation.
We're gonna see a lot of new "second-term lows"...
December 2025:
-Grocery prices rose at fastest pace in 3 yrs.
-Dining out saw largest monthly increase in 3 yrs.
-Grocery prices up 2.4% compared to prior yr.
-Coffee + 20% & beef +16% over last yr.
So what did Trump whine abt at the Ford plant today? "Affordability is made up".
Fifty thousand jobs is the WEAKEST gain since the economy went negative in October and it shows how far Trump’s promises of a boom are from reality.
Families just aren’t feeling any real gains.
Trump says health care is "not of tremendous interest" to him.
Yeah we know...now 22 Million Americans are dealing with another Trump/GOP-made crisis of skyrocketing health care costs.
"If I don’t have my insurance, I am going to die this year.”
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-Health care premiums skyrocketing 114% for 20 million+ Americans.
-Manufacturing sector: 10th consecutive month of contraction.
-700+ companies filed for bankruptcy through Nov.
Trump & GOP have no health plan, no jobs plan, no plan to cut costs, but, hey, at least they want to invade Greenland!
As of this week, millions of Americans are now paying thousands more for health insurance.
If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?
60% of Americans believe Trump knew about Epstein's crimes before they were public.
Poll after poll shows his numbers cratering on just about every issue.
Americans are angry about the economy, costs, and healthcare...
So, naturally, he's focused on plastering his name on the Kennedy Center!
Pollster: The number of people who say the economy is on the wrong track has skyrocketed up to 56%. The number who say it's on the right track has fallen to 29%. The American people aren't buying the spin that is coming out of the White House.
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▪️78% say cost of groceries is going up (42% say going up “a lot")
▪️74% say cost of housing is going up (43% say going up “a lot')
▪️74% say cost of utilities is going up (35% say going up "a lot")
▪️72% say cost of health care is going up (38% say going up "a lot")
Yeah, this checks out.
On first stop of Trump's "affordability tour" last night he called affordability a hoax. Twice.
50% of Americans find it hard to pay for food & 55% blame Trump for the high prices...and he's yapping about your kids not needing more than 2 pencils this Christmas while building himself a ballroom?
