Dems flip economy script on GOP amid stagnant wages

The following article by Niv Elis was posted on the Hill website August 9, 2018:

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Democrats are flipping the script on Republicans, blaming the Trump administration’s policies for lackluster wage growth as they seek to blunt any political benefits from the growing economy for the GOP.

It’s a significant change from just two years ago, when Democrats broadly hoped that falling unemployment numbers would help Hillary Clinton keep the White House in Democratic hands.

At the time, Donald Trump and Republicans used stagnant wages to bolster their argument that growth under President Obama was sluggish and that the GOP should be put back in the White House.

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