A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota suggested that Americans should cut back on daily costs amid the economic strain caused by the U.S. military operation in Iran.

Former NFL reporter Michele Tafoya acknowledged how “frustrating” and “hard” rising gas prices are for consumers during a Wednesday radio interview, but she suggested Americans should minimize some of their spending to support Trump’s actions in the Middle East.

“I think right now at least just kind of keeping a stiff upper lip. Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks and so that gas goes a little further,” she told Tennessee’s KWAM radio host Todd Starnes.

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[–] 124 points 7 months ago (4 children)

"Let them eat cake" ass reply

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  • [–] 82 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Negative one trips to Starbucks it is!

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  • [–] 56 points 7 months ago

    Running in Minnesota and said Starbucks instead of Caribou? Already lost.

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  • [–] 40 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Now gas prices aren't a problem. Funny how that works.

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Imagine telling that to people who can't even fathom being able to afford going to Starbucks.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    There is a group, unfortunately large, in the political sphere that can't fathom there being people too poor to go to Starbucks. Their world view is that the poors are only making 80k a year (which is poor to them). We have some really old, really wealthy, and really out of touch people in leadership positions in this country.

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  • [–] 49 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Them millennials can't afford houses because they're blowing all their money on military operations and avocado toast

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

    I know you're being facetious but it's worth mentioning that avacado toast ingredients are $2 for multiple servings.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Yep! Not only is incredibly economical, it's a healthier meal than most "traditional" American breakfasts.

    Didn't stop conservative media from deriding it as millennial over-indulgence. Vilifying the millennial tendency of frugality + preference for plants-based diet choices by portraying avocado toast as excessive and soy milk as emasculating, along with a concerted effort to deliver narrative to the /pol/ audience, it not only swayed the opinions of older generations, but spurred parts of the younger generations to resent each other. I'm sure meat industry profits were also in the mix somewhere.

    The only winners in the culture war are the ones who drive the narratives, and it's been that way in the US since radio was invented.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    The only winners in the culture war are the ones who drive the narratives, and it's been that way in the US since radio was invented.

    And empowered further through industry funded research into behavioral psychology.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    I love me some avocado toast, but unfortunately in the Midwest I usually see them for about $2-2.50 ea for a decent sized one. I've had a hard time with the ones from Aldi that are cheaper. They tend to be tiny and the window between unripe and rotten seems to overlap.

    When them bitches go on sale for $1 ea? I'll eat it every day for a week lol.

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    On the one hand, she did start with sympathy before she made her stupid ass comment.

    On the other hand, it was unbelievably stupid and in support of a pointless war in the middle east.

    But for context, I can't imagine any Republican winning in Minnesota this year, so maybe she's just running a sacrificial lamb campaign to launch her career as a right wing grifter.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    maybe she's just running a sacrificial lamb campaign to launch her career as a right wing grifter.

    Yeah, given that her former job is "NFL reporter", there's almost no doubt that this is an attempt to get a gig on Faux News, OAN, Newsmax, or the like.

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Starbucks isn't gonna like that.

    Also. Who the fuck can still afford to go to Starbucks? Out of touch idiot

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago

    I Voted for TRUMP because Gas Prices were OUT OF CONTROL under Biden!

    -People who Support gas Prices doubling OVERNIGHT to Protect Epstein and other Israeli Pedophiles!

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago

    No Republican should be allowed back into office, ever.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    How condescending.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    Fucking Republicans. We all need to tighten our belts further because of Trump's pointless war against Iran!? Just like the tariffs we're all paying for, it's a policy failure we had no choice in. Republicans should never win another election ever again...

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    Ok, you heard her everybody! Time to boycott Starbucks!

    While we are at it, might as well boycott some other frivolous things like streaming services, toxic social medias, and any non-local restaurant, on top of the other things we were already boycotting, like Target. And, wait.... why's the economy tanking even faster now!!!

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Caribou Coffee is preferred in most of Minnesota anyways.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Buy Starbucks and you are funding the illegal Israeli settlements in the West bank. Tafoya, the pedo protecting MAGA, can piss in the wind.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Doesn't even realize that Starbucks is a stop you make on the way to somewhere else.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    It’s always a smartass reply.

    Someone needs to shoot back, “I don’t drink Starbucks bitch”

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Couldn't you just say the old, "I understand that war causes issues for everyone, but we should support our troops. And meanwhile I am running for congress to work to lower all costs for American families," shtick and then do nothing as always? Like why do you have to be a condescending bitch dripping with disgust and condemnation for the poors? Gain some fucking perspective, you stuck up twat.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Couldn't you just say the old, "I understand that war causes issues for everyone, but we should support our troops. And meanwhile I am running for congress to work to lower all costs for American families," shtick and then do nothing as always?

    No, she's not running as a Democrat.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    They do this because they’re stupid and it’s an old, parroted line aimed at passing the blame to other people. If they said what you’re asking for that wouldn’t be as effective at blaming others.

    The other reason is that they know that the centrist/conservative idea of a Starbucks costumer is a woke person who likes fancy drinks and not just black coffee. It’s all about creating a strawman for their base to hate. If they were doing it honestly, they’d also be saying that people should buy smaller vehicles that consume significantly less fuel but SUVs and trucks are associated with their base so they don’t do that. Their base isn’t smart enough to make those connections so it’s all good. They’re not clever, these politicians, they’re just playing “manipulate the voting base” on baby mode.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    The other reason is that they know that the centrist/conservative idea of a Starbucks costumer is a woke person who likes fancy drinks and not just black coffee. It’s all about creating a strawman for their base to hate.

    Sure but that seems like a stupid strategy too. The people complaining are more likely to be people living on lower incomes which are A) more likely to be conservative themselves, and B) less likely to be driving to pick up Starbucks or other luxuries and frivolous things on the regular. So she is simultaneously downplaying the problem that people are actually experiencing, blaming a thing that is not something that they are even doing, and associating them with the people they hate in the process.

    I may be giving them too much credit, but if I were a broke conservative struggling with affording travel between home, work, school drop off/pick up, and the grocery store, and you said something like that to my face, I'd have some very audible words for you. Maybe some spit too.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago*

    You miss the fact that conservatives, nearly universally, do not accept that any of their situation is their own fault(sounds strange when us on the left will blame capitalism and the elite for most of the problems in the world, but we also come with petabytes of receipts and the right is allergic to facts). Many of them who live deeper in poverty are also living in cheaper areas, too, and have already cognitive-dissonanced themselves out of needing to worry about paying for things like health insurance(especially since many benefit from public healthcare systems, even in the US).

    Now, the other important thing to remember is that conservative said those things. That’s crucial because it means that they aren’t talking to their voting base which is cool and tough and good with money, they’re talking to the other guys who need to get their shit together. If their guy does it then there must be a reason and if their enemy does it then there must’ve not been a reason, except they don’t base that on anything real like who’s actually done the research and shown their work.

    Conservatives, no matter where you find them, are inherently anti-social power-seekers who refuse to take true responsibility for their actions. Whenever someone I know moves away from conservatism it is around the time they also, for whatever reason, begin to finally understand that the rich don’t actually love them and that maybe they actually do want to have real friends who aren’t also just other hateful goons, afterall.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    You could afford a house if you stopped drinking lattes!

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    and renounce your phone & television, eat one meal a day, etc

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    What about the dude yesterday that just suggested we just need to increase our take home pay.

    I guess the answer was right in front of me all along…

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Oh so she's made of bitch then.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    How retarded are these people

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Ope. Starbucks won’t like that.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    And then if people did cut back on expenses, she would be complaining about how we're killing the economy.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    You, because I'm going to starbucks in a different state using this sweet ass jet

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    How about we have a president that doesn’t start random shit to distract us?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Giving real jimmy carter energy. At least Carter was pointing to things outside of consumerism to focus on like community, health, environmentalism. The only thing trump was promising was cheap gas and watching his goons harass immigrants.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Maybe you should forego one more donut a day michele.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    And she should spend less time with her plastic surgery. Can save money.

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    That's the response of someone who knows she's not gonna win and is just looking for personal branding.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Do the Republicans give some kind of internal training on sneering snottiness? They all seem to be doing it except Trump, who just bellows with rage and shit-talks people behind their backs.

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  • These republican pieces of shit need their accounts drained

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    What decade is he in that he thinks people still go to Starbucks?

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    [–] 57 points 7 months ago

    These fuckers are telling us to eat cake everyday.

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  • [–] 34 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    FFS… “fewer” trips, not less.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    "Keep a Stiff Upper Lip"? What are you, British?

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah man, that’s what the poor do all day.

    Not like the rich who use the company jet to commute to Starbucks.

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  • [–] 21 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    75% of the US: FUCK. YOU.

    MAGA: Well, I guess when you put it like that. Maybe I shouldn’t be getting coffee at a place I do go to because it’s a liberal wasteland perpetuating the hateful Democrat War on Christmas. Still, thank you so much for the clarity. Do you need anything locked clean?

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    “Maybe you should skip Woke Starbucks and instead spend money on Black Rifle Coffee you can make at home that tastes like burnt transmission fluid and costs $17/bag.”

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    But but but, they align with my ideals. I have to support them! Even if I think Starbucks is objectively better coffee.

    Disclaimer: I hate coffee, so don’t come at me. Just leaning into a narrative because fuck some people.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    She's a republican in Minnesota. She knows she won't win, and is just trying to build her brand.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    “SToP bUyInG AvAcAdO tOaSt.”

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    "We'll screw them over by handing them a load of cash!" It's the classic switcheroo. That's so stupid it's gotta feel embarrassing to say.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    If you love Trump with every breath till you die, go buy a solar panel, inverters, LFP batteries, and WFH, bike or take a bus to work.

    (If you don't love Trump, do it anyway)

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    This brainiac has probably not been told how the cost of oil changes the prices of everything, not just elective cruises to get elective coffee...

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago*

    Next up - doing foam art is woke unless it's skull and bones.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago*

    $5 for a gallon of car-go juice? 🖐️🙂‍↔️

    $10 for 16 ounces of me-go juice? ☝️🙂‍↕️

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe he should make a trip to the guillotine...

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