Voters may care more about the cost of French fries than January 6 panel’s compelling evidence

CNN ^ | October 13, 2022 | Stephen Collinson

[Trump20162020]

The House select committee investigating the US Capitol insurrection long ago dropped the notion of being a narrowly focused quest for the facts as members use their probe to try to defend democracy in its intensifying struggle with Donald Trump.

The panel returns to the public eye Thursday after its late-summer break with a televised hearing that sources tell CNN will serve as a pre-midterms warning that the ex-President is a clear and present danger to free elections.

But are the American people listening? And do the committee’s efforts to undermine Trump’s cadre of election denier candidates in 2022 and vow to ensure he never again tastes presidential power have any chance of success?

Polls repeatedly show that voters see the economy – a far more visceral issue in daily life than the threat to American democracy – as their top concern. Their anxiety was explained by new data Wednesday from the Producer Price Index, a key measure of inflation showing the price of goods and services rose at an annual pace of 8.5% in September. Grocery bills are just a pain right now. Frozen potato products are up 10%, pork products that are not sausages are 5.5% more expensive. While it would be too simplistic to say voters are more preoccupied with the cost of French fries than the price of democratic freedoms, it wouldn’t be far from the mark.

[Yo-Yo]

But which do you prefer, McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King....

Arby's Curly Fries.

[maxwellsmart_agent]

More compelling evidence of what?

[vpintheak]

No “may” about it.
Pocketbooks is where many draw the line.

[gitmo]

A kangaroo court’s “findings” vs the cost of feeding my family. Not a hard decision to make.

[GingisK]

Maybe the evidence isn’t compelling after all.