Juanita Tolliver on Midterms Amid the Iran War: Trump Is Going Full Rocky Four, ‘Saying If the Gas Prices Go Up, They Go Up, Like What?!’

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TOLLIVER: "I mean, Jason, people feel it every day, and I’ll push back on one thing Justin said about people responding to these jobs numbers. You know, people felt it in their wallets over a year ago. Jason, look, the reality is this Trump Administration is and Republicans have been behind drastic changes that impacted people’s wallets, whether that’s ending health care subsidies, which absolutely raise the rate that people are paying, or the struggle that they’re having with housing costs, grocery costs, it’s a laundry list. And I think we’ve seen that show show up in especially special elections. Jason, think about Tennessee seven. Tennessee seven was a district. Deep red. Donald Trump won it by more than 20 points in 2024. And that race came down to single digits. When I look at those numbers, what that tells me is that Democrats and independents are highly motivated to turn out against Donald Trump, and Republicans are not motivated at all to potentially engage in these elections because they’re recognizing that Trump is harming their wallets, too. And, Jason, I think going into the midterms, the recipe for success in politics is absolutely going to be empathy and actionable solutions. I say actionable solutions because you absolutely need to tell people, how are you going to make their lives better? What are you going to do for them and deliver for them? But empathy comes in where Donald Trump is going full rocky four, saying if the gas prices go up, they go up. Like what? Like that energy is not going to help anybody. It’s just going to piss more voters off."