Byron York says Trump can’t talk his way out of voters’ cost-of-living pain: ‘No president has been able to do it’

Published October 16, 2026 11:59am ET | Updated October 16, 2026 11:59am ET



Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York argued that Republicans are struggling to convince voters the economy is improving as cost-of-living concerns weigh on the party.

“An argument you can make, a case that there’s a lot of good things going on, with the economy right now,” York said on Fox Business’s The Claman Countdown Thursday.

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