"I know Trump voters told pollsters that it was all about the economy, and maybe it was. Eggs and milk are higher. I'm not disputing that, but people like me thought our fellow Americans recognized that the cause of that inflation, and which the Trump administration initiated and the Biden administration continued, kept the economy afloat, and that President Biden steered the nation towards the soft recovery every economist believed was impossible. People like me were wrong."
Michael Ian Black at The Daily Beast reacts to Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election.
As do David Frum and Spencer Kornhaber at The Atlantic.
As do John F. Harris, Steven Waldman, and other writers at Politico.
As do Mona Charen and Scott Conway at The Bulwark.
As do Robert Kuttner and David Dayen at The American Prospect.
As do Ed Kilgore and Jonathan Chait at New York.
As do Timothy Noah, Kate Aronoff, Greg Sargent, Jonathan Zimmerman, Eric Schmeltzer, and Michael Tomasky at The New Republic.
As does Sophie Clark at Newsweek.
As does Sam Wolfson (in an interview with Richard Reeves), Ben Davis, and John Harris at The Guardian.
As does Ashleigh Fields (in an interview with Sen. John Fetterman) at The Hill.
As do Paul Rosenberg and Jim Sleeper at Salon.
As do John West and Kara Dapena at The Wall Street Journal.
As do Jeet Heer and Joan Walsh at The Nation.
As does David Brooks of The New York Times.
As do John Halpin and Ruy Teixeira at The Liberal Patriot (who earlier argued that "the progressive moment is well and truly over").
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