Eric McDaniel
speaker
165 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 31 Aug
Eric McDaniel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Americans are and have been upset about the cost of living, making it hard for Republicans to tout their legislative wins from last year, including changing rules for taxes on tips and creating tax-advantaged investment accounts for kids.
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Not something that directly, you know, addresses the ways people are feeling pinched.
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The GOP has largely focused on the attack.
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characterizing their Democratic opponents as communists.
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And Republicans really have a lot of structural forces against them.
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The president's party nearly always loses seats in the midterms, particularly with a president this unpopular in the White House, and they really only have a tiny slice of seats to spare in order to hold onto their majority.
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Well, they did come out slightly ahead in the mid decade redistricting fight kicked off last year by the president.
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You might remember he asked the state of Texas to, you know, draw more safe seats and that kicked off a fight across the country.
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They've a few more safe seats than the last time they were on the ballot, but with the headwinds they're facing, it's not really much of a cushion.
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I'm still waiting to see if they can find any affirmative message that breaks through with voters.
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Right now the Republicans I've talked to in Congress say, you know, they're still looking.
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Thank you, Layla.
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Happy to be here.
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I mean, I think the important thing to know is that the national debt right now is bigger than the size of the US economy.
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As you know, debt is not inherently a bad thing, right?
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Imagine you borrow money to invest in a college education or start a business.
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But the economists I talked to for this story pointed out a few things beyond that top-line number.
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One, the rate at which the US economy is growing compared to the rate the debt is growing is not good.
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The debt is growing faster.
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The government projects the debt will grow twice as fast as the US economy over the next ten years.
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