President Donald Trump’s inability to admit failure on a key issue is likely to doom Republicans to a defeat in next year’s election, warned a Democratic strategist.
The president addressed the affordability issue Tuesday night in Pennsylvania on his first stop of a planned nationwide tour to reassure Americans he shares their concerns about higher prices, but instead he mocked the topic as a “Democratic hoax,” and CNN’s John Berman made an offbeat comparison.
“By the way, by and large, prices are not coming down, inflation also not coming down,” Berman said. “But you guys are old enough – no you’re not, you guys are young. But do you remember ‘Happy Days’? Do you remember how much trouble the Fonz had saying he was sorry? In case you don’t remember, I do have a short clip of it. Listen.”
“CNN News Central” producers rolled a clip of Henry Winkler, playing the Fonzie character, struggling to annunciate the word “sorry,” repeatedly stuttering and getting hung up on the first syllable, and Third Way co-founder Matt Bennett laughed and agreed with the comparison.
“There was another great moment in ‘Happy Days’ where the Fonz, wearing a leather jacket, jumped over a shark, as we all know,” Bennett said. “I think that is what is happening with Trump and the economy. He is completely out to lunch. Not only are prices killing people now, and the New York Times [columnist] Tom Edsel has a back-of-the-envelope calculation. It’s going to cost the average family $2,200, just what we’ve seen so far. That’s before the premium spikes hit on Jan. 1 for the Affordable Care Act, which could cost a couple in their 60s $32,000 a year.”
“I mean, this guy is completely nuts if he thinks that affordability isn’t actually hurting Americans,” Bennett added, “and if he keeps mocking it, Democrats are going to keep winning by giant margins.”
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