The Trump administration needs a crash course in ‘Working Class’ from JD Vance

Note to Republican leadership: If you truly deem the Democrats coming back into power in Congress and the White House as an existential threat to our nation, then why are you handing them the winning issue for this election cycle on a silver platter? 

To be sure, there are still millions of Americans who believe President Trump has an exceptional understanding of economics and that the “business of America is business.” That said, they also understand that Trump is a leader who was blessed to grow up in a bubble of wealth and privilege. 

As such, the day-to-day struggles of working-class Americans, no matter how much Trump may sympathize, are still only academic to him.  

Our 45th and 47th president has never experienced the hope-crushing and mentally debilitating realities millions of Americans face each waking morning. Realities such as: not having enough money to pay the rent or mortgage; the threat of eviction; being forced to choose between heating fuel or food; not having enough money to buy your child needed medicine; having to walk to your minimum wage job because you did not have enough money to buy gas for your car; not having the money to move from your crime-infested neighborhood; not having the money to fix your teeth; or not having the money so your child could attend the prom. 

I can assure you, as someone who grew up in abject poverty and was homeless as a child, millions of our fellow........

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