Trump Calls Affordability 'One Good Line Of Bullshit'

Donald Trump decided to make some campaign ads for Democrats during a speech at The Villages in Florida this Friday.

TRUMP: The Democrats start screaming, "Affordability, affordability!" — but they're the ones who caused the problem. They may have one good talking point, I'll give them that. But they are so bad. Affordability.

The first time I heard that word — just two days in — I watched one of these congressmen get on TV and say, "Affordability, prices are too high!" But we've already brought prices way down. They handed us tremendously high prices, and they'll do it again if they ever take over.

As Paul Krugman discussed in a post on his Substack this Friday, Republicans and Trump have an affordability problem with Trump's promise to bring prices down on "day one" and to bring gas prices down, and with them spiking now that he and Bibi decided to attack Iran.

Their solution has been to just go on television and lie about it as we saw from Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Buddy Carter, and of course, Trump.

As Krugman also discussed, that plan isn't going to work for obvious reasons:

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Scott Jennings Meltdown: ‘Get Your F*cking Hand Out Of My Face!’

Just how is the Iran fiasco going? Not so well, judging by Scott Jennings' reaction. Someone needs a timeout for a while.

Source: Mediaite

CNN’s Scott Jennings exploded at MeidasTouch commentator Adam Mockler on Thursday, telling him to get his “f*cking hand out of my face.”

Mockler hammered Jennings on the timeline for President Donald Trump’s war with Iran on CNN’s NewsNight, noting the former George W. Bush staffer’s history of promoting foreign wars.

And part of their exchange.

MOCKLER: When I debated you on TV four to six weeks ago, and you said we were weeks away from it. Now you’re making condescending remarks because you can’t defend the fact that this war is not going your way. Wait, one more time–

JENNINGS: Not going– not going your way?

MOCKLER: Give me one– name me one political concession–

JENNINGS: Get your f*cking hand out of my face, first of all!

MOCKLER: Name one political concession–

PHILLIP: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Woah woah woah. Guys, excuse me.

JENNINGS: I’m not going to have this guy’s hand in my face.

PHILLIP: Everybody, everybody hang tight, okay?

JENNINGS: Honestly.

PHILLIP: No, everybody, calm down. Okay? We’re having a debate. You can respond to the points that he’s making.

They're all getting a bit triggered by their Iran fiasco.

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GOP Won't Protect Schoolkids From Guns, But Demand $400 Million To Protect Trump

Republicans have been doing their best to turn Trump's insane vanity project after he destroyed the East Wing of the White House as now one of national security after the White House Correspondents Dinner.

What about the national security need to protect our schoolchildren and college students of all ages from the scourge of gun massacres?

Republicans shrug, twiddle their fingers, and offer hopes and prayers for the over 500 kids murdered in the last two decades.

This is outrageous.

Rand Paul is now introducing a bill to get the asinine ballroom built and is proposing no federal funds will be used. That's counter to Lindsey Graham's demand.

The ballroom project is on hold by a federal judge so why exactly is Rand offering up this bill?

I doubt the White House has the funds from Trump or his donor friends to complete the job at hand, but that's beside the point.

Melanie D'Arrigo is completely right.

Why is it never, “What can we do to protect” kids from school shootings, from Republicans?

Just always, “What can we do to protect” the corrupt oligarchs? https://t.co/Dq2aedWhYJ

— Melanie D'Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) April 29, 2026

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Lauren Boebert Joins Dems To Block Farm Bill From Passage

House Republicans freaked out last night as Rep. Lauren Boebert joined forces with Democrats to sink a House rule to get the annual farm bill passed.

"I filed multiple non controversial amendments to the Farm Bill to help rural Coloradans," Boebert posted to X. "@RepJoeNeguse asked the Rules Committee to consider them on the House floor. The Republicans on the committee unanimously voted against them and they will not even be considered for a floor vote."

I filed multiple non controversial amendments to the Farm Bill to help rural Coloradans. @RepJoeNeguse asked the Rules Committee to consider them on the House floor.

The Republicans on the committee unanimously voted against them and they will not even be considered for a…

— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) April 28, 2026

Well, my goodness gracious!

"Boebert says she’s a NO on the rule after her amendment — offered by a Democrat — was voted down by *Republicans* on the Rules Committee," wrote Cami Mondeaux of Deseret News. "Things are getting very weird."

"This rule looks dead on the floor — if the leadership could ever get it there," wrote Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman.

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