This sounds like it’s going to be worse than usual:
“The ultimate goal for the president will be to change the conversation. He’s going to try to, yes, fire up Republican voters — especially low-propensity voters. But he’s going to want to break through Democrats’ echo chamber,” said Republican strategist Ford O’Connell, who expects a lengthy address. “And when else before Election Day are you going to have that many eyeballs tuning in?
“He’s going to bring all the receipts on economy and affordability. He’s going to hit hard on gas prices, and having stabilized Joe Biden’s inflation crisis and on crime — with a murder rate that’s the lowest in 100 years,” O’Connell added during a Thursday telephone interview.
“I think you’re going to hear about the SAVE Act,” O’Connell said, referring to a voter ID bill. “But there will be a lot about aspects of affordability we don’t focus on a lot: housing, drug prices. And banning stock trading by Congress — that pisses everyone off.” […]
It looks like it will be more happy talk:
Trump’s message on affordability during a stop in northwest Georgia on Thursday was that Democrats’ focus on affordability was a “con job.”
“Airfares, hotels, car payments, rent, sports events, groceries, everything’s down, everything’s down, dairy, eggs, potatoes and chicken. Core inflation is now the lowest of any time in more than seven years,” Trump said during a Thursday campaign stop in Rome, Ga. “The last three months, we’ve had the lowest inflation we have had in over a decade, the last three months, it’s 1.4 percent. We had record inflation. You don’t have it anymore. I’m going to make a State of the Union address on Tuesday. I hope you’re going to watch, and we’re going to be talking about it.”
Great. I’m sure that’s going to be music to Americans’ ears. They love being told that they’re delusional.
Lot’s of Democrats are skipping the speech to participate in alternate events. Maybe I’ll do that too.