Can Democrats Sell Affordability?
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🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
President Trump was elected, in part, due to his many promises to lower the cost of living. Unsurprisingly, he gave up on that pretty much the second he walked into the Oval Office again. Some Democrats see this as an opportunity not just to beat Trump but to move forward as a party. Last week, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus announced a series of bills they’re calling “The New Affordability Agenda.” But will it appeal to the same voters who thought Trump held the key to a more affordable life in 2024? Texas Democratic Representative Greg Cesar joins the show to make his case for why it does.
And in headlines, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth neither confirms nor denies the existence of kamikaze dolphins, The Strait of Hormuz still remains mostly closed, and Republicans try to get YOU to pay for the White House Ballroom.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, May 6th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day. The show that is making it clear. |
| 0:08.7 | Do not follow President Donald Trump's fitness advice. Here he is on Tuesday speaking during a press conference celebrating the return of the presidential fitness test. |
| 0:17.3 | I work out so much like about one minute a day, max. |
| 0:22.0 | Please just go for a walk. |
| 0:24.4 | On today's show, does Iran have kamikaze dolphins? |
| 0:27.3 | And who's actually paying for Trump's ballroom? |
| 0:29.8 | The answer will probably not surprise you. |
| 0:37.4 | Let's start with the buzzword of the 2026 midterms. |
| 0:41.2 | Affordability. |
| 0:42.7 | Fighting for an affordable future for every American is a pretty solid political strategy, |
| 0:46.7 | which may be why Trump is annoyed that Democrats are using it. |
| 0:50.2 | Here he is at an event at a Florida retirement community last week. |
| 0:53.8 | I come into office and I say, wow, look at how high these prices are, and the Democrats |
| 0:59.6 | start screaming, affordability, affordability. |
| 1:02.2 | They're the ones that caused the problem. |
| 1:05.4 | I'll tell you one thing. |
| 1:06.4 | They got one good line of bullshit. |
| 1:08.0 | That's one thing I'll say about it. |
| 1:10.0 | But he's annoyed for a good reason. Well, not good for him. See, Americans have noticed |
| 1:15.9 | that Trump has not made good on his campaign promise to make America affordable again. |
| 1:21.4 | A new Washington Post-ABC News poll found that just 23% of Americans like how Trump is handling |
| 1:26.6 | the cost of living, which could |
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