Congressional Democrats are looking to use this summer’s five-week recess to cultivate support for President Joe Biden ahead of next year’s election by pitching “Bidenomics” to constituents across the country.
But the party faces an uphill battle in promoting this message to a public that is still anxious over the state of America’s post-COVID economy and has not yet fully bought into the success story Democrats are selling.
Just 37 percent of respondents to a CNBC All-America Economic Survey released last month approved of Biden’s handling of the economy. Yet, the House Majority PAC, a Super PAC tasked with electing Democrats to the House, sent a memo to party members urging them to “go on offense” when talking about the economy this summer.
In a statement sent to Newsweek, the PAC said Democratic accomplishments such as the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Acts serve as evidence of their party’s commitment to expanding the middle class by bolstering the nation’s manufacturing and construction sectors.
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