\u201cI think the lack of a coordinated response in the State of the Union was a mistake, and frankly, it took the focus off of where it should have been, which is on the fact that the president spoke for an hour and 40 minutes and had nothing to say about what he would do to bring down costs for American families that were watching that lengthy address, sitting at the kitchen table hoping he would offer something to help them afford a new home or pay their rent, afford health care, or afford child care,\u201d Schiff said.<\/p>\n
The lawmaker addressed Sen. John Fetterman\u2019s critiques of the Democratic response, which Fetterman called<\/a> \u201ca sad cavalcade of self-owns and unhinged petulance.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re destroying the economy, and they\u2019re making it harder and harder for Americans to afford things. That\u2019s where we need to keep the focus, that\u2019s why we lost the last election, because we weren\u2019t laser-focused on the high cost of living and what they\u2019re doing now is just making it so much worse,\u201d Schiff claimed \u2014 falsely, according to the most recent economic data.<\/p>\n