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The hosts of The Five did the hard work the mainstream press keeps dodging: they pointed out that, despite every elite trying to change the subject, Americans still vote with their wallets. The show’s co-hosts hammered home that Democratic leadership’s messy messaging ahead of the midterms won’t stick if families are still paying more for basics and seeing wages stretched thin.
What’s striking is how often Democrats try to paper over pocketbook pain with distraction and identity politics instead of offering real solutions to inflation and cost-of-living crises. The Five flagged concrete examples of party strategizing that prioritize turnout gamesmanship over steady economic stewardship, a tone-deaf approach when groceries and gas are nonnegotiable for voters.
Greg Gutfeld and his colleagues also underscored the right message Republicans must seize: make the election about affordability, not abstract cultural theater. As The Five discussed, conservative leaders are already pointing to affordability tours and stump speeches that focus on taxes, energy, and deregulation to rebuild prosperity—exactly the bread-and-butter issues that win elections.
The truth is painfully simple: when voters feel money leaving their pockets, they don’t care about elite moralizing or scandal theater. The show reminded viewers that successful campaigns have always returned to James Carville’s old line — focus on the economy — because nothing else outranks a family’s bottom line in the voting booth.
Conservative leaders should take that warning seriously and stop indulging in inside-the-Beltway fights that mean nothing to working Americans. Instead of reacting to every manufactured outrage, Republicans must offer a bold, practical plan: lower taxes, unleash energy production, cut needless regulation, and stop feeding inflationary spending. This is not ideology for ideology’s sake; it is a survival strategy for millions of families who want to build a better life.
Meanwhile, don’t expect the legacy media to do its duty and hold Democrats to account for the economic record they defend. The networks prefer narrative over nuance, so patriots and everyday Americans must turn to uncompromising outlets that will repeatedly remind voters what’s at stake. If conservatives want to win, they must outwork and out-message the other side on what actually affects people’s lives.
The Five was right to shove the conversation back where it belongs — on the kitchen table, not the cable podium. For hardworking Americans tired of lectures and limp leadership, this is a clarion call: demand real economic results, vote accordingly, and refuse to be distracted by the political theater of the moment.
