STATE OF TUESDAY: The GOP Is Trying To Reheat Trump’s 2024 Magic, But The Fries Have Gone Stale

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, who faces a tough race to hold his seat, has staged a shift behind a McDonald's counter, copying a famous image from Donald Trump's 2024 run. Daily Caller argues the imitation falls flat.

Trump's fast-food appearance in Pennsylvania signaled that he grasped the concerns of Americans ignored by Washington, and the outlet says that message helped Republicans win full control of government. Voters expected cheaper goods, health-focused policy, fewer overseas wars and officials who ignored lobbyists. Daily Caller contends the party has since drifted from those aims: supporters of the MAHA movement objected to an order expanding domestic glyphosate production, a new Middle East conflict is straining family budgets, and some prominent deportation hawks accuse the White House of concealing enforcement figures. It adds that many GOP officeholders now emphasize defending the president over governing, leaving them looking like the establishment they once criticized.

Trump compounded matters at a Sunday rally in Georgia, where he said aides had urged him not to mention oil industry profits while drivers face high gas prices. He went ahead anyway, declaring, “We’re making a freaking fortune.”

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