In late May, House Republicans jammed through a reconciliation package that would almost certainly balloon the deficit, imperil America’s credit rating, and redistribute wealth from the poorest Americans to the richest. Under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act , millions of families would lose health insurance and food assistance, while the top 0.1 percent of earners would get a $390,000 tax break on average.
An endeavor so straightforwardly greedy should present a serious political opportunity for Democrats. But while the GOP engages in class warfare by budget bill, Democrats remain mired in a partywide identity crisis, uncertain who and what to blame for their problems or how to talk to voters. As Bidenism — with its welfare-state expansion and antitrust enforcement — has fa