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Dems’ hatred of Trump created this socialist monster — and now it’s turning on them

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Voters’ “affordability” fears are supposedly fueling the Democratic Party’s new, strident socialism.

Yet annual inflation during former President Joe Biden’s four years peaked at over 9%, while prices for some key staples rose by 30% over his tenure — all to silence from the left.

The socialists weren’t just quiet during Biden’s term; they were themselves responsible for his rampant inflation.

They had implemented an inflationary de facto third Obama term, ramming through the most radical and costly agenda in decades under the veneer of Biden’s cognitively challenged waxen effigy.

So the current Jacobin takeover of the Democratic Party was not sparked by concerns about “affordability” — at least not if “affordability” means the middle-class struggle to buy a house, a car or groceries.

Instead, this socialist moment is merely the logical culmination of years of boutique radicalism within the Democratic aristocracy.

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