Fox News’ Brit Hume Says This Is ‘Killing’ Trump Ahead of Midterms
What To Know
- Brit Hume warned that rising inflation is severely damaging the Trump administration’s standing ahead of the midterms.
- Recent polls show a majority of Americans believe Trump has made the economy worse.
- Despite positive economic indicators, Hume said that persistent price increases are threatening Republican prospects.
Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume issued a stark warning to President Donald Trump on Wednesday (September 16), saying inflation on the cost of gas and groceries is “killing this administration.”
Hume appeared on Wednesday’s episode of Special Report with Bret Baier, where he read the figures from the latest Fox News poll and the biggest concerns facing Americans. “That’s the issue that helped elect Donald Trump, and I’m talking about inflation,” Hume said, per Mediaite.
He added, “Right now, the question has been raised, ‘Has the Trump administration made the economy better or worse?’ Fully 63 percent say he’s made it worse, and that’s 11 percentage points higher than the number of people who thought that last year.”
Hume went on to note that 62 percent of people said that grocery prices are a “major problem” affecting families, with 61 percent saying the same about gas prices.
Rising gas and grocery costs come amid Trump’s controversial import tariffs and his ongoing war with Iran. This inflation has seen the president’s approval rating drop as low as 32 percent, according to a UMass survey released in August.
“The president was elected in the hope, I believe, that inflation could be brought under control,” Hume explained. “And to some extent on many products it has, but when it comes to gasoline, it reflects on the Iran war, and groceries, which have continued to go up. The problem is worse.”
He continued, “And this is plaguing the Republicans… and it’s certainly plaguing the president. And it’s driving down his approval rating.”
Before Hume continued, Baier played a clip of Vice President JD Vance encouraging voters to give the Republican Party “another chance” in the rapidly approaching November midterms.
“Bret, he has a point,” Hume responded. “The economy is growing, jobs are pretty plentiful. The poverty rate, I believe, hit its lowest point in modern history just about now. So, the economy is doing, in many respects, quite well. There’s growth. There’s the things you want.”
However, he added, “But this business with prices is just… it’s just killing this administration and the president’s party.”
This isn’t the first time Hume has predicted disaster for the Republicans at the midterms. Back in April, he told Baier, “I think people are concerned about the economy, and the Republicans are likely to pay a price for that.”
You can watch the segment in the video at this link.
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