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Republicans have a new twist on the slogan, \u201cAre you better off now than you were four years ago?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their argument now: Were you better off under former President Trump than you are under President Biden?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans argue the economy \u2014 particularly inflation \u2014 was better under Trump than it is under Biden. And they say Trump had a better handle on foreign policy, pointing to the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. They also maintain the border was more secure under the former president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s an assertion that even Democrats acknowledge could be a problem for Biden as he heads into a pivotal stretch of the campaign season against Trump. And it\u2019s a line of reasoning Democrats expect the former president to highlight when he faces off with Biden later this month when the two share a debate stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I were advising Trump, I\u2019d say exactly that,\u201d one longtime Democratic strategist said, echoing the line of, \u201cWere you better off under President Trump?\u201d \u201cThese are the issues voters care about and we\u2019re losing the debate on each one, even if we don\u2019t want to admit it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democrat and other strategists acknowledge the \u201care you better off now than you were four years ago\u201d argument doesn\u2019t work altogether because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four years ago, the nation was in the midst of a near lockdown, where Americans largely worked from home, canceled summer plans and feared contracting a virus that would inevitably kill millions and require weeks of hospitalization for others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, Trump recommended injecting bleach as a way of fighting the Coronavirus \u2014 a cringeworthy moment even for many Republicans. And when he contracted the virus himself in the fall 2020, he downplayed it even as it continued to run rampant before vaccinations were available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFour years ago, we were in the middle of a pandemic and Donald Trump was making it worse,\u201d said Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons. \u201cTheir entire argument ignores the very thing we hire presidents to do, which is to manage crises. And he failed spectacularly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked if Republicans had an argument to make that the country was better off before the pandemic, Simmons replied, \u201cThat\u2019s like saying, \u2018Before your house got broken into, wasn\u2019t your neighborhood safe?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But GOP strategists \u2014 even those who don\u2019t support Trump and don\u2019t plan to vote for the former president \u2014 still say there\u2019s a case to be made for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe argument still can work for Trump,\u201d said Republican strategist Doug Heye, who doesn\u2019t support the former president, adding that \u201cvoters are upset with the direction of the country,\u201d including rising prices and the crisis at the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent polls underscore that rationalization from Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An ABC News\/Ipsos poll last month showed voters trusted Trump over Biden when it came to the issues of the economy and inflation by a margin of 14 percentage points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On immigration, an Associated Press\/NORC poll in April revealed 68 percent of adults older than 18 years throughout the United States disapprove of Biden\u2019s immigration policies, while only 31 percent approve. Among Democrats, the poll showed 56 percent say the president has handled the issue well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when it comes to foreign policy, Biden is also trailing Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May, a New York Times\/Siena poll found that among voters across six battleground states, half said they trusted Trump more than Biden when it comes to handling the conflict in Gaza. The survey showed that 35 percent said they trusted Biden more than the former president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump aides have seized on the recent polls as proof of the case they\u2019re making to voters on the major issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe answer is they are better off and polling makes that clear,\u201d said Danielle Alvarez, a Trump spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Democrats say Biden needs to continue to make the case that Trump\u2019s policies and positions wouldn\u2019t serve the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cElections are about choices. It is not a referendum,\u201d said Tim Hogan, a Democratic strategist. \u201cThat\u2019s the framing the Biden campaign must continue pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe economy is recovering and Trump\u2019s inflationary policies would make it worse,\u201d Hogan said. \u201cDemocrats proposed bipartisan legislation on the border and Trump killed it. Trump would once again act as an unstable madman on the world stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMuch of the work in 2024 is preventing nostalgic amnesia for Trumpian self-interested chaos,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amnesia or not, the Democratic strategist predicted Republicans would keep making the case because \u201cthey\u2019re winning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople do think things were better under Trump,\u201d the strategist said. \u201cSo now it\u2019s up to us to prove them wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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