Tucker Carlson is warning President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates running this year that they shouldn’t assume they’re going to win just because the economy is booming. Beneath the surface, he said, there are warning signs that the core demographic that helped Trump win in 2016 isn’t benefitting.
Carlson pointed to a Pew poll that found 56 percent of Americans rated the economy as excellent or good, but only 31 percent said their families had benefitted. Among lower-income Republicans, 47 percent believed they were being hurt in this economy versus 30 percent who said they were being helped.
“This is the president’s core. It’s his base,” Carlson said. “For a lot of middle-class people, wages are not keeping pace with expenses. Child care, housing, education, health care, they’re all getting more expensive by the year.”
He said the 2020 election will come down to one basic factor.
“Improve people’s lives and they will vote for you, period,” he said. “Republicans ought to write that on their hands.”
However, that could also open the door for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Carlson said:
“If Sanders pledges to forgive student loans, he will still win many thousands of voters who went for Donald Trump last time. Why? Because debt is crushing an entire generation of Americans. Republicans need to make a plan to make it better, or they will be left behind.”