Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) this weekend explained just how bad she believes the cost-of-living crisis is right now, and accused Donald Trump and his administration of making it even worse.
“This isn’t just going to the grocery store and buying the generic cereal, and switching over,” the New York Democrat told former CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane, who is now chief Washington correspondent for the MeidasTouch Network.
“How do you actually accommodate when you can’t afford medicine?” Ocasio-Cortez asked. “When you can’t afford your housing?”
“This is a crisis for so many people, and it’s a crisis for everyday middle-class people,” she added.
Asked if she believes the Trump administration is taking the issue seriously, Ocasio-Cortez replied: “No, they are making it worse because what the Trump administration is doing is that they are entering sweetheart deal after sweetheart deal.”
She then cited multiple deals that the Trump White House has struck with companies that, she alleged, have done nothing to benefit everyday Americans.
“The cost crisis is a political albatross for Team Trump.. and endangers GOP majorities in November,” the journalist noted.