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A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota suggested that Americans should cut back on daily costs amid the economic strain caused by the U.S. military operation in Iran.

Former NFL reporter Michele Tafoya acknowledged how “frustrating” and “hard” rising gas prices are for consumers during a Wednesday radio interview, but she suggested Americans should minimize some of their spending to support Trump’s actions in the Middle East.

“I think right now at least just kind of keeping a stiff upper lip. Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks and so that gas goes a little further,” she told Tennessee’s KWAM radio host Todd Starnes.

  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Buy Starbucks and you are funding the illegal Israeli settlements in the West bank. Tafoya, the pedo protecting MAGA, can piss in the wind.

  • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    Giving real jimmy carter energy. At least Carter was pointing to things outside of consumerism to focus on like community, health, environmentalism. The only thing trump was promising was cheap gas and watching his goons harass immigrants.

  • Drusas@fedia.io
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    7 days ago

    And then if people did cut back on expenses, she would be complaining about how we’re killing the economy.

  • Janx@piefed.socialEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Fucking Republicans. We all need to tighten our belts further because of Trump’s pointless war against Iran!? Just like the tariffs we’re all paying for, it’s a policy failure we had no choice in. Republicans should never win another election ever again…

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Them millennials can’t afford houses because they’re blowing all their money on military operations and avocado toast

    • stringere@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      I know you’re being facetious but it’s worth mentioning that avacado toast ingredients are $2 for multiple servings.

      • Duranie@leminal.space
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        7 days ago

        I love me some avocado toast, but unfortunately in the Midwest I usually see them for about $2-2.50 ea for a decent sized one. I’ve had a hard time with the ones from Aldi that are cheaper. They tend to be tiny and the window between unripe and rotten seems to overlap.

        When them bitches go on sale for $1 ea? I’ll eat it every day for a week lol.

      • ContriteErudite@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        Yep! Not only is incredibly economical, it’s a healthier meal than most “traditional” American breakfasts.

        Didn’t stop conservative media from deriding it as millennial over-indulgence. Vilifying the millennial tendency of frugality + preference for plants-based diet choices by portraying avocado toast as excessive and soy milk as emasculating, along with a concerted effort to deliver narrative to the /pol/ audience, it not only swayed the opinions of older generations, but spurred parts of the younger generations to resent each other. I’m sure meat industry profits were also in the mix somewhere.

        The only winners in the culture war are the ones who drive the narratives, and it’s been that way in the US since radio was invented.

        • stringere@sh.itjust.works
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          7 days ago

          The only winners in the culture war are the ones who drive the narratives, and it’s been that way in the US since radio was invented.

          And empowered further through industry funded research into behavioral psychology.