\u201cHere\u2019s a promise I\u2019m making to you. I will cut your energy and electricity prices in half \u2013 50% \u2013 within 12 months of taking the oath of office. Within 12 months of taking the oath of office, I will cut your energy prices by 50% and it\u2019s not gonna be hard,\u201d Trump said while campaigning in Erie last year<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n He added, \u201cwe will cut energy and electricity prices in half within 12 months. We will have your energy prices, your air conditioning, heating, we will have your energy prices cut in half. It will be cut in half within a period of one year from January 20, which is the day we take office.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump, who has often called affordability<\/a> a \u201cDemocrat scam,\u201d \u201choax,\u201d or \u201ccon job,\u201d is kicking off his nationwide affordability tour in Pennsylvania at the one his lowest points during his second term in office.\u00a0<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s net approval rating<\/a> is 13 points under water in Pennsylvania, and a recent poll from Politico shows that nearly half of Americans, and 37% of Trump voters say that the cost of living in the US is worse than they can remember.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n If Trump wants to make good on last year\u2019s campaign promises to bring costs down within a year of getting elected, the clock is ticking.\u00a0<\/p>\n Electric bills for residents are rising across the commonwealth after Trump and Republicans<\/a> canceled millions of dollars in clean energy projects. The Joint Economic Committee estimates that Pennsylvanians will pay an extra $170 per month.\u00a0<\/p>\n If that\u2019s not bad enough, Pennsylvanians are experiencing sticker shock every time they go to the supermarket to load up on groceries. A recent Consumer Affairs report found that grocery prices rose by 8.2% in Pennsylvania this past year, outpacing every other country in the nation<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Eugene DePasquale is using Trump\u2019s visit to the commonwealth as an opportunity to remind voters of Treasurer Stacy Garrity\u2019s record.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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