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Trump tried to bring the Cheesecake Factory into politics. Democrats dominated the districts with a restaurant

The Independent·Rhian Lubin·4 days ago
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Republicans accused former President Barack Obama of “elitism” when he touched a nerve by comparing Donald Trump’s White House makeover to the aesthetic of a Cheesecake Factor y, a beloved American institution famed for its extensive menu.

But their attempts to generate uproar over Obama’s zinger didn’t land with voters come Election Day. The Bulwark did the math and found that Democrats won in more than 70 percent of districts with a Cheesecake Factory restaurant.

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory!” Obama quipped at an Ohio midterms campaign rally, prompting Trump to complain about the dig at his own MAGA rallies.

“Can you believe it?” a rattled Trump told a crowd in Mississippi the week before the midterm elections.…

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