President Donald Trump has chosen to kick off his affordability tour on Tuesday night at a venue where all he has to bring is his love of everything. The commander-in-chief is going on the road to quell American fears about the affordability crisis, which he has repeatedly called either a hoax or a Democratic con job. Either way, Trump is eager to hit the road to personally deliver his own economic message.
Days before President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, he acknowledged the high prices Americans were seeing at the gas pump and grocery store, pledging to bring them down. "It's always hard to bring down prices when somebody else has screwed something up like [President Joe Biden] did," Trump said in a news conference in early January. "We're going to have prices down. I think you're going to see some pretty drastic price reductions."
The Brooklyn Democrat, who has frequently criticized the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), of which Mamdani is a member, issued a statement Friday afternoon announcing his support of the Mamdani campaign, stating that he deeply respects the will of the primary voters. He cited Mamdani's commitment to addressing the city's affordability crisis as his primary reason for supporting the nominee.
In 2025's first half, 36% of purchases statewide were made by investors up from 31% for all of 2024 and 16% at the recent low in 2020 as coronavirus was scrambling the economy. Or look at the change this way: Investors were tied to an average of 33% of all California homebuying in the past 18 months vs. 21% in 2015-23.
"But I do believe that there is a really significant opportunity here for Democrats to take back the state of Florida - as long as we have a candidate who can relate to everyday people who keeps it focused on the most important pressing issues that affect people every single day in their lives like affordability and public education, and access to true freedoms across the state," Jenkins said.
"Affordability, affordability, affordability. That is the No. 1 issue," Jolly said, highlighting that the high cost of living is his campaign's central theme.
Blake emphasized the importance of addressing the affordability crisis with a rent freeze while supporting small property owners via mechanisms like a vacancy tax.
