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Democratic contenders face economic challenge in Wisconsin
Associated Press ^ | May 14, 2019 | Sara Burnett

Posted on 05/14/2019 6:06:28 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Business was good at the merchandise table as Republicans meeting at a suburban Milwaukee bowling alley picked out their Trump 2020 “Keep America Great” hats, now available in pink, blue and camouflage in addition to the trademark red. Bruce Kudick, a proud Donald Trump supporter with a little extra money in his pocket these days, bought two.

The 60-year-old says he hoped to retire and move to Florida in 2014 after he sold the bar and bowling alley he owned. But health insurance got too expensive and his insurer pulled out of the individual market “because of Obamacare,” so Kudick got a job with a Wisconsin blood center setting up blood drives.

He just got a $3.75-per-hour raise — an example, he says, of how the economy is booming with a businessman in the White House.

“You can’t tell me if you walked up to anybody and asked, ‘Is your life better?’ they can say anything other than ‘yes,’” Kudick said.

The economy already is at the center of the 2020 fight for president, particularly in Midwestern states that supported Trump in 2016 and that Democrats are determined to recapture next year. The Democrats’ challenge may be especially difficult in Wisconsin, a toss-up state that has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: democrats; obamalegacy; trump; trumpeconomy

1 posted on 05/14/2019 6:06:28 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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...Democratic contenders face economic challenge in Wisconsin...

ONLY IN THE AP COULD A MOTHER ####ING ECONOMIC ####ING BOOM BE CONSIDERED A MOTHER ####ING CHALLENGE!!!!!

Not in our WILDEST ####ING DREAMS would it be worded that way if obummer was in office.

“REPUBLICANS DON’T STAND A CHANCE IN ####ING HELL BECAUSE OF THE INCREDIBLY GREAT JOB OBAMA HAS DONE WITH THE ECONOMY, WHERE IT IS REALLY, REALLY ####ing GOOD!!!

Excuse all the ####s.

But this stuff gets me sick.


2 posted on 05/14/2019 6:15:51 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: dp0622

No kidding. An economic boom not seen since the Bush years and the media is all concern troll.


3 posted on 05/14/2019 6:30:50 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: KC_Conspirator

Come on man. It’s just disgusting.


4 posted on 05/14/2019 7:00:44 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Olog-hai

AP = Asshat Press. They are trying to get Trump Supporters fired up, and we will be out to vote.


5 posted on 05/14/2019 8:17:38 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: dp0622

I’d say Gannett and the owners of the Slimes, Compost and the rest see it just as the Dissociated Press does too.


6 posted on 05/14/2019 8:22:36 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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