MSNBC anchor Joy Reid criticized the GOP’s campaign strategy, claiming that most people don’t normally talk about inflation.
Reid was speaking ahead of her live show Thursday outside the Hall of the Yard in Orlando, Florida, where she was about to confront the two gubernatorial candidates, incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist. She shared her thoughts on inflation being consistently ranked as a top issue among voters.
“The only people I ever hear use the word inflation are journalists and economists. So, that is not part of the normal lexicon of the way people talk. So, it is interesting that Republicans are doing something that they don’t normally do, right? Which is not use the common tongue, not use just common English on their campaigns like they do with crime,” Reid said. “But what they’ve done is they’ve taught people the word ‘inflation.’ And most people [who] would have never used that word ever in their lives are using it now because they’ve been taught it.”
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Reid did not deny that many are feeling a financial squeeze recently.
“I’ve heard a lot of people say cost of goods are high. It is really expensive to live here. This is become a very expensive state. When I moved here, my family moved here because it was an affordable place to buy a house. No more. It’s more expensive in Miami than it is in New York,” Reid said. “It is extremely expensive. So, a lot of complaints about the cost of rent, the cost of insurance, and the inability to get insurance as well. It is a huge crisis in this state.”
Instead, the MSNBC host speculated, those who are feeling increased financial stress are not the same people who have pledged their vote to DeSantis. Reid claimed she heard these complaints from young people, black people, and Democratic voters, who, according to her, are not likely to vote for the incumbent. DeSantis’s strongest issue, according to Reid, was the way he handled the pandemic and “let COVID kind of run wild.”
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An ABC/Ipsos poll conducted Oct. 28-29 found that 26% of those surveyed ranked the economy as the most important issue, while 23% reported inflation was the most important.
