A new opinion piece from The Federalist argues that Democrats campaigning on “affordability” ahead of the midterms are using the issue as cover for a broader agenda that would resemble the Biden administration’s approach to spending, regulation and foreign policy.
The column acknowledges that Republicans have struggled to make a strong case for keeping power, writing that the party “has done next to nothing to deserve maintaining any government power.” But it argues Democrats shouldn’t benefit from that failure, saying the party’s focus on affordability in competitive races is not matched by concrete proposals to lower prices.
The piece ties the current inflation pressures to President Trump’s decision to start a war in the Middle East, arguing that move reignited price increases that had previously been cooling under Republican governance. It frames rising prices as a self-inflicted outcome of administration choices rather than something inevitable.
Citing the New York Times
To support its argument that Democrats’ real priorities lie elsewhere, the column points to a recent New York Times editorial encouraging readers to vote Democrat. According to the Federalist piece, the editorial outlines what Democrats would do if they retake the House, including blocking further tax cuts and using spending bills to restore funding that the Times says was “improperly cut from Medicaid, schools, scientific research and disease prevention.”
“Take a moment to imagine how Washington could change if Democrats win control of the House of Representatives,” the Times editorial said, according to the column. “Mr. Trump’s legislative ambitions will be largely ended; he will not be able to pass more tax cuts that worsen the national debt.”
The Federalist column characterizes the funding the Times references as including money for USAID and nongovernmental organizations the author describes as
