Dems pivot from ‘affordability’ pitch to DHS probe threats after midterm wins

Within days of Democrats retaking the House, several party figures who campaigned on lowering living costs began signaling investigations of the Trump administration, including its immigration enforcement. Fox News Digital reports that many of them stayed quiet when asked about the shift.

Representative Robert Garcia of California, expected to chair the House Oversight Committee, answered Tuesday's results with a two-word warning: "Lawyer Up." Before the vote, he had told CNN that Democrats would focus on gas, groceries, mortgages and rent while also fighting government corruption. After Fox News Digital sought comment, his representative pointed to a Wednesday post in which Garcia argued that Donald Trump and his family are enriching themselves at the public's expense, so confronting corruption is a way to ease costs for working families.

Representative Delia Ramirez of Illinois took a sharper tone. A PBS-Chicago voters guide had carried her view that the cost of living was the top concern for working people. Once the election was over, she posted a message calling out Noem, Markwayne, Miller, Homan and Bovino and telling them to clear their schedules. Former Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino fired back on X, accusing her of overreach.

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