Democrats attacking President Donald Trump on affordability, the issue they created, is "so rich," according to House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith, R-Mo., on Monday.
"It's so rich that Sen. [Elizabeth] Warren has the gumption to say that and talk about how people are getting more rich when she's flying on her private jets, when she is one of the more wealthy members of Congress," Smith told Newsmax's "National Report," referring to his X post exposing Warren for flying on private jets while trying to rebuke workers for flying business class.
"It's amazing how she goes on this class warfare when she, in fact, and her party represents the richest of all Americans."
After years of massive inflation under Democrat President Joe Biden, Democrats do not have a leg to stand on with the lack of affordability their policies create in blue states and Democrat-run cities – which are the most unaffordable places in America – Smith told co-host Shaun Kraisman.
"Affordability is a very big issue to most Americans," Smith admitted, noting it is something caused by Democrats, not fixed by them.
"In my congressional district, it's one of the poorest congressional districts in the nation. Average income is just over $40,000 a year. The price of food and clothes has been a struggle for people to maintain, and we have to look at every approach."
Smith hailed Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill for "delivering on the working-families tax cuts," "no tax on tips, no tax on overtime."
"The president has focused on lowering the price of eggs – eggs are now much lower than they were when President Biden was in office," Smith continued.
"But the real issue is inflation went up 21.4% when Joe Biden was president in four years.
"Inflation right now is at 2.5%, the lowest it's been in four years.
"We're moving in that right direction, but we have a lot more work that needs to be done."
Instead, Smith lamented, Democrats are digging up dead talking points with Jeffrey Epstein smear campaigns.
"Epstein's been dead for years and this is the topic of conversation," Smith said. "It's not something that I hear from people when I travel back home in Missouri.
"They care about the affordability crisis.
"But, you know, let's release all the information, let the public see everything about who's connected and who's not connected with Epstein. And let's move on and solve the real problems at hand. That's my focus."
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Eric Mack has been a writer and editor at Newsmax since 2016. He is a 1998 Syracuse University journalism graduate and a New York Press Association award-winning writer.
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