{"id":2704112,"date":"2026-11-12T14:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T19:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-preached-affordability-to-win-midterms-but-their-base-always-knew-it-was-about-lawfare\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T14:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T19:48:07","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-preached-affordability-to-win-midterms-but-their-base-always-knew-it-was-about-lawfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-preached-affordability-to-win-midterms-but-their-base-always-knew-it-was-about-lawfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Duped Americans By Switching Affordability For Lawfare"},"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\">16<\/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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-preached-affordability-to-win-midterms-but-their-base-always-knew-it-was-about-lawfare%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=2704112&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--><p>Democrats ran on affordability-polls showed the economy was voters\u2019 top concern-and used that message to retake Congress. after the wins, many Democrats and left\u2011leaning figures instantly pushed subpoenas, prosecutions and impeachment rather than cost\u2011of\u2011living fixes. Street interviews in Manhattan found voters mentioning abortion,the surroundings and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-judge-reverses-course-after-pressure-approves-donation-to-border-town-law-enforcement\/\" title=\"Democratic judge changes stance, approves donation to border town police after pressure.\">holding officials accountable<\/a>,not affordability. The author contends the affordability pitch was largely a campaign tactic to attract price\u2011concerned voters while the party and its base intended to pursue lawfare and political retribution.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Democrats spent months telling Americans if they wanted someone in office who cared about what it costs to fill up the car or feed a family, then vote Democrat. It was a smart pitch. A preelection Pew Research poll found the economy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2026\/10\/08\/with-americans-in-a-sour-mood-democratic-voters-are-more-engaged-in-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ranked<\/a> as a top issue for 84% of registered voters. Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/11\/03\/poll-gop-voters-economy-midterms-01145083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released a report<\/a> on Election Day finding that \u201cRepublicans don\u2019t think their party is focused enough on \u2026 the economy.\u201d Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/features\/2026-us-midterm-election-affordability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that 2024-Trump voters are \u201cdisappointed\u201d about how the economy has been over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>That pitch resonated with voters and helped Democrats take control of both chambers of Congress. For example, Latino voters who swung for Trump in 2024 swung for Democrats this year, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2026-11-04\/how-latino-voters-helped-secure-blue-victories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> reporting that economy and cost of living were Latino voters\u2019 top priority. <\/p>\n<p>So when I went out on the streets of New York City for an exclusive segment with <em>Hannity<\/em> and asked people what they wanted the incoming Democrat Congress to do in January, I figured <em>somebody<\/em> would say something about how expensive it is to live \u2014 after all, it was New York. You could spend an entire hour talking about what people pay in rent alone.<\/p>\n<p>Yet not a single person I spoke with mentioned affordability as a top priority. I heard about the environment, \u201cwomen\u2019s rights,\u201d abortion, and \u201chumanity.\u201d One common answer I got from multiple people was that Congress should focus on impeaching Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, though nobody calling for his impeachment could tell me what high crime or misdemeanor Hegseth would be charged with.<\/p>\n<p>Then I realized that the people I spoke to sounded a lot like Democrat candidates who \u2014 after having spent months campaigning on affordability \u2014 championed lawfare in the hours after their victories. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, Mr. President. Our thank you will come in January \u2014 with subpoenas,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepYassAnsari\/status\/2117837319294324972?a=ubcZEpwVvLWEQAOMY_Y&#038;s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Yassamin Ansari<\/a>, D-Ariz., posted on X.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/repdeliaramirez\/status\/2117823240815215033?a=L2SiOTQpLVZngMsH3wg&#038;s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Delia C. Ramirez<\/a>, D-Ill., (the child of illegal aliens) had a similar message: \u201cNoem, Markwayne, Miller, Homan, Bovino, what\u2019s up? Clear your schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepRobertGarcia\/status\/2117818643342041235?a=u22kiNxtrZv9xSLMWtU&#038;s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Robert Garcia<\/a>, D-Calif., warned Republicans to \u201cLAWYER UP.\u201d An identical post was made by host of <em>The Bulwark Podcast<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Timodc\/status\/2117796126988644353?a=Tg1meyzM-t00BUup_gM&#038;s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Miller<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., simply posted \u201cSubpoenas,\u201d while Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., posted \u201cThey are going to need to plant new forests for all of the subpoenas we\u2019ll be printing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Communist streamer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hasanthehun\/status\/2117802292904943947?a=m1PZAuft7vr1auYQpYs&#038;s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hasan Piker<\/a> was a bit more explicit in leftists\u2019 goals: \u201cWE\u2019RE GONNA PUT YOUR ASS IN JAIL EVERYONE GET MORE WOKE RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats\u2019 knee-jerk reaction to winning the midterms was to talk about the upcoming lawfare rather than affordability, the very thing they campaigned on. After months of hearing how urgently we needed relief from high prices (and we do), I figured at least one person I spoke to in deep blue Manhattan would want the new Congress to do something about it. Yet nobody did.<\/p>\n<p>They brought up abortion, the environment, and impeaching Hegseth. Nobody brought up affordability. Then I remembered Democrats in Congress who started posting about \u201clawyer[ing] up\u201d immediately after their victories, and the answers I\u2019d gotten in Manhattan made a lot more sense.<\/p>\n<p>The people who wanted lawfare and Hegseth impeached had every reason to vote for Democrats because they understood what so many voters apparently didn\u2019t: the affordability pitch was just meant to deceive voters and was not a promise Democrats intended to keep.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats used the affordability pitch to win over voters who wouldn\u2019t have crossed over for an agenda of lawfare or the \u201cenvironment.\u201d An independent worried about gas prices or groceries had a reason to give Democrats a shot when all they talked about was affordability and how bringing costs down would be a priority. If it wasn\u2019t clear before the elections, it should be clear now that Democrats and their base knew what this election was about \u2014 and it certainly wasn\u2019t affordability. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats touted cost-relief; voters bought it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2704113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-12-at-1.08.27-PM-scaled-e1794507110294-1024x577.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[18297,3685,16727],"class_list":["post-2704112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-affordability","tag-democrats","tag-lawfare"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-12-at-1.08.27-PM-scaled-e1794507110294-1024x577.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704112","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\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2704112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2704116,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704112\/revisions\/2704116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2704113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2704112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2704112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2704112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}