{"id":1055641,"date":"2025-08-18T14:02:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055641"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:02:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:02:51","slug":"icymi-dnc-chair-ken-martin-in-fox-news-are-you-better-off-since-donald-trump-took-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-dnc-chair-ken-martin-in-fox-news-are-you-better-off-since-donald-trump-took-office\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: DNC Chair Ken Martin in Fox News: Are You Better Off Since Donald Trump Took Office?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Key Point: <\/em><\/strong><em>\u201c&#8230; Democrats measure greatness by how many people have healthcare, how many families can find childcare that doesn\u2019t break the bank, how many young couples can get keys to their first home, how many people with amazing ideas can turn those ideas into businesses. &#8230; I like to say you don\u2019t need a miracle to grow a spine. You just need a willingness to do what\u2019s right.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/you-better-off-since-donald-trump-took-office\"><strong>Fox News Digital<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Opinion: Are you better off since Donald Trump took office?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Ken Martin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To paraphrase President Ronald Reagan, I think it\u2019s time to ask: <strong>do you honestly feel better off today than you were at the beginning of the year?\u00a0 <\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the past few weeks, President Donald Trump cheated at golf in Scotland on the taxpayer dime, announced a $200 million White House ballroom to host his rich donors, finalized a Qatari grift for his new Air Force One, waddled around the White House roof like a lost old man, and talked about how his old pedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein &#8220;stole&#8221; a 16-year-old spa worker from Mar-a-Lago.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How much of that time did he spend actually focusing on the economy? On jobs? On bringing prices down, like he promised to do on day one?\u00a0<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now, I know that\u2019s not the case. <strong>We\u2019re the party of the working class, the small business, the farmer. Before leading the DNC, I headed up the Minnesota DFL \u2013 and you know what DFL stands for? Democratic-Farmer-Labor. \u00a0 <\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>We\u2019re the party that says, we don&#8217;t want to dismantle the VA or fire vets from their jobs, we want the men and women who put their lives on the line for our freedom to be able to find an affordable home or get care after they&#8217;ve served. We\u2019re the party that promises, if you\u2019re going to work your butt off for decades, then you shouldn\u2019t have to worry about some snake oil salesman blowing up your Social Security. And now it seems we\u2019re the only party that still believes the Constitution matters. <\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>But it doesn\u2019t matter what I know. It matters what people think. Between now and the midterm elections, our job \u2013<strong> my job \u2013 is to make the case why your life would be better with Democrats in charge.\u00a0 <\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now, you know what else Trump Republicans in D.C. are ruthlessly effective at? Ruining the country.\u00a0<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump thinks the best way to show leadership is through bumper-sticker politics. But while you read his catchy slogans, he drives the car into oncoming traffic. When he wants to appear tough, he sends the military into U.S. cities.\u00a0<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When he wants to make the economy seem better than it is, he fires economists and pumps fake trade deals.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Meanwhile, the latest labor report shows the past three months as the weakest stretch for jobs since COVID-19. America\u2019s small business backbone is being ground into dust. Farmers are shutting down operations. Families are paying more, getting less, and sitting up at night wondering if their job will be there for them next week.\u00a0 <\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s almost as though, since coming into power, <\/strong><strong>Trump and his allies in Congress have done everything possible to stop America from being great.\u00a0 <\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>They\u2019re raising energy prices, grocery prices, clothing prices, car prices \u2013 the list goes on.\u00a0 <\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The thing is, we all want America to be great. <strong>But Democrats measure greatness by how many people have healthcare, how many families can find childcare that doesn\u2019t break the bank, how many young couples can get keys to their first home, how many people with amazing ideas can turn those ideas into businesses.<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As Democrats, our job isn\u2019t to help Jeff Bezos pay for his $50 million European wedding. It\u2019s to make sure the economy allows you to afford your own wedding, or raise a kid, or get care for aging relatives, or pay the summer A\/C bill. Don\u2019t you wish Republicans in Washington cared about those things too?<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look, it\u2019s a damn shame that some people don&#8217;t feel like Democrats fight for them anymore. <strong>I like to say you don\u2019t need a miracle to grow a spine. You just need a willingness to do what\u2019s right. <\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I know politics these days feels like a sport. Good guys and bad guys. Winners and losers. But whether or not families can make it in this country isn\u2019t a sport. It\u2019s the most serious thing in the world.\u00a0<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump doesn\u2019t take that responsibility seriously. I promise, Democrats do.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201c&#8230; Democrats measure greatness by how many people have healthcare, how many families can find childcare that doesn\u2019t break the bank, how many young couples can get keys to their first home, how many people with amazing ideas can turn those ideas into businesses. &#8230; I like to say you don\u2019t need a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ICYMI: DNC Chair Ken Martin in Fox News: Are You Better Off Since Donald Trump Took Office? 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