Putting the merits aside, it’s wild how the media treats GOP hatred of the majority of the country as normal. If democratic leaders said “We can all agree Mississippi is a shithole” we would never hear the end of it.
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Aaron Rupar
Bessent: "We want the US to be more like Florida and less like New York"
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https://www.travelandleisure.com/new-york-city-named-happiest-in-usa-11728707
Florida 41
Florida is the 26th most dependent on federal dollars, NY is 37th
New York is 3rd by GDP Florida is 4th
Florida ranks 4th most expensive health care,
NY is 41st.
It works because Dems have been under-investing and over-policing their stronghold states for decades.
These places are, in fact, shit. California should be competing with Japan, not The Philippines.
He should have just owned it.
Even lower overall tax rates than red states like Florida, which replace wealth income tax with higher taxes and fees on the poor:
(Does not represent actual views about Mississippi, it was just an easy joke.)
- Sydney Ellen Wade, "The American President"
If the media ever actually treated them the way they treat black men, Palestinians, ugly people and criminals…Trump would shoot himself in 2 days.
This kind of rhetoric isn't new, it's just walking around in new words.