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DeSantis: Republicans denying soaring costs are gaslighting voters

by Lindsey Granger, opinion contributor - 11/04/26 1:19 PM ET

by Lindsey Granger, opinion contributor - 11/04/26 1:19 PM ET

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On Election Night, Joe Scarborough pulled out a handwritten list of the controversies surrounding President Trump’s administration this year, from grifting accusations to the Epstein files to Operation Metro Surge, and questioned how Republicans managed to accumulate so many political liabilities in such a short period of time.

“You’ve got the Big Beautiful Bill, you’ve got the slashing of health care, you’ve got tariffs. I still believe that when history books are written, that Minneapolis will be the end. That will be the Pickett’s Charge version of this administration.”

For context, Pickett’s Charge was the disastrous Confederate assault at Gettysburg, a turning point in the Civil War.…