{"id":1719852,"date":"2022-11-01T07:47:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T11:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1719852"},"modified":"2022-11-01T11:19:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:19:07","slug":"jeff-crouere-democrats-scramble-to-distract-from-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeff-crouere-democrats-scramble-to-distract-from-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Crouere: Democrats Scramble To Distract From The Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjeff-crouere-democrats-scramble-to-distract-from-the-economy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1719852&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cac8851a-37ab-4135-b891-9edc197934fa.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"isPasted\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the final days of the most important midterm election in American history, the Democrats, the party with absolute power, are frantically trying to distract voters from focusing on their most important priority. Polls are indicating that voters are primarily concerned about their financial well-being.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A recent\u00a0<\/span><em>ABC News\/Ipsos<\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0poll showed\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/news-polls\/late-October-2022-ABC-news-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that 50%<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of the respondents cited either the economy or inflation as the most important issue in the upcoming election. According to the poll, no other issue topped\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/news-polls\/late-October-2022-ABC-news-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20%<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0among those surveyed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">These results should surprise no one as the economic issues impact the lives of Americans more than any other matter. Almost every American is economically harmed by rising interest rates and increases in grocery and gasoline prices. This is what disturbs Democrats so much about this upcoming election. They can run, but they cannot hide from their horrible economic record.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Since Joe Biden was inaugurated as President, the American economy has declined significantly. When Biden was inaugurated, the inflation rate was\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/news.grabien.com\/story-chuck-todd-inflation-rate-14-percent-when-biden-took-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1.4%<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, gasoline prices were\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/experts-unload-biden-after-latest-gas-price-gaffe-instinctive-liar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$2.39<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0per gallon and interest rates were low. The economy was improving from the depths of the pandemic and more Americans were feeling confident about the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How times have changed in just 21 months! In that time, inflation skyrocketed, the first two quarters of the year showed negative economic growth, which is the historic definition of a recession, and interest rates climbed significantly as the Federal Reserve desperately tries battling the inflation problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With a soaring economy as the most critical issue, it makes perfect sense for the Republicans to lead Democrats in the latest \u201cgeneric\u201d polls rating the popularity of both parties. A new\u00a0<\/span><em>Suffolk University\/USA Today<\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0poll indicates that\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3707759-republicans-leading-democrats-by-4-points-on-generic-congressional-ballot-in-new-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">49%<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of voters preferred Republican candidates while only\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3707759-republicans-leading-democrats-by-4-points-on-generic-congressional-ballot-in-new-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">45%<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0preferred Democratic candidates. This is a significant improvement for the GOP from the late July poll in which the Democrats held a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3707759-republicans-leading-democrats-by-4-points-on-generic-congressional-ballot-in-new-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4%<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0edge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With the polls turning against the Democrats, and some of their candidates floundering, like U.S. Senate hopeful John Fetterman in Pennsylvania and Arizona gubernatorial nominee Katie Hobbs in Arizona, there is a frantic scramble to change the subject. Democrats are looking for some sort of an \u201cOctober Surprise,\u201d a major event that will upend the political calculations of this election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Will the issue of \u201cpolitical violence\u201d work? Democrats are seizing on the attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), by a crazed nudist as a negative reflection on Republicans and President Donald Trump supporters. Biden even linked the attack to January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol protests. Considering the Pelosi attacker had been spewing conspiracy theories from across the political spectrum and had a \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d sign on his home, it will be extremely difficult to link him to Republicans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Regarding political violence, it is noteworthy that the media ignored a story in which a canvasser working for U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio (R-FL) was brutally attacked as he was distributing materials in a Hialeah, Florida neighborhood. The volunteer was pummeled by two assailants who told him he was not welcome in their neighborhood. Of the media who did mention the story, some reporters blamed the victim and accused him of being a white supremacist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Along with the political violence narrative, Democrats are still fuming about President Trump and working overtime to link him to an array of problems. Nonetheless, Trump is not the issue in this election, it is Biden and his dismal performance. Under President Trump, the country was doing much better economically and in practically every other measure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is Biden and the Democrats who deserve 100% of the blame for the woes the country is facing today. Crime is surging in cities controlled by Democrats. The border is open because President Biden decided to halt the border wall and allow millions of illegal immigrants to enter the country. Despite claims from a range of Biden officials that the \u201cborder is closed,\u201d it is undoubtedly open.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Biden turned our energy independence to energy dependence on foreign countries. He shut down the Keystone XL pipeline and placed a moratorium on new oil and gas leases to drill on federal property and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Simultaneously, the mantra from the entire administration was for Americans to buy electric vehicles and support \u201crenewable\u201d energy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The results show that the average price of gasoline is\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$3.76<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0per gallon today or $1.37 per gallon higher than when Biden took office. The gasoline prices would be even higher if not for Biden\u2019s political raiding of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The country is now in danger since the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is supposed to be used only in national emergencies, is at its lowest level in forty years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Another issue Democrats are trying is the January 6th \u201cinsurrection.\u201d However, their biased congressional hearings have not generated much attention and Americans are not obsessed with that issue like Democrat politicians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With everything else failing, Democrats are left to scream about the threat to \u201cwomen\u2019s health.\u201d Of course, this means that if any state imposes restrictions on abortion, it is tantamount to an attack on \u201cwomen\u2019s health.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ever since the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Democrats have seized on the abortion issue to bolster their support among female voters. Unfortunately, for Democrats, this obvious ploy is not working.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite their constant refrain that Republicans are toxic to women and are a threat to their \u201chealth\u201d due to their pro-life stance, the new\u00a0<\/span><em>ABC News\/Ipsos<\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0poll shows that only\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/news-polls\/late-October-2022-ABC-news-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16%<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of voters rank abortion as the top issue in the election. While Democrats are more concerned about abortion, it is not registering as a top priority for independent voters, the group both parties try to attract in an election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What was true in 1992, when consultant James Carville created the celebrated slogan, \u201cIt\u2019s the Economy Stupid,\u201d is still true today, except, this time, it will be the Democrats on the losing end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Jeff Crouere<\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>\u00a0is a native New Orleanian and his award-winning program,\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em>\u201cRingside Politics,\u201d<\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>\u00a0airs Saturdays from Noon until 1 p.m. CT nationally on\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em>Real America&#8217;s Voice TV Network\u00a0<\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>&#038;\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"http:\/\/americasvoice.news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AmericasVoice.News<\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>\u00a0and weekdays from 7-11 a.m. CT on\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em>WGSO 990-AM<\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>\u00a0&#038;\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wgso.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wgso.com<\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>. He is a political columnist, the author of\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em>America&#8217;s Last Chance<\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>, and provides regular commentaries on the Jeff Crouere YouTube channel and\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ringsidepolitics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crouere.net<\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>. For more information, email him at\u00a0<\/em><\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>jcrouere@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the final days of the most important midterm election in American history, the Democrats, the party with absolute power, are frantically trying to distract voters from focusing on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1706876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1719852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1719852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1706876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1719852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1719852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1719852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}