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BumRushDaShow

(171,601 posts)
Tue May 5, 2026, 06:52 PM 8 hrs ago

GOP Megadonor Throws in the Towel on Republicans Holding House in Midterms: 'Almost a Certainty' That Dems Win

Source: MEDIAite

May 5th, 2026, 2:55 pm


Billionaire GOP megadonor Ken Griffin has thrown in the towel on Republicans holding the House in this year’s midterm elections, calling it “almost a certainty” that democrats will win. Griffin, who is the founder of Citadel, told CNBC’s Sara Eisen that the American people have “had it” when it comes to inflation.

“Now [Donald] Trump is president, people want to see that return to having more purchasing power at the cash register,” he said. “If you look at the price of eggs, you look at the price of fast food, you look at the price of housing, you look at the price of almost anything in life, it’s materially higher than it was seven years ago.

And so when gasoline prices go higher, I think it’s really triggering to the American people that the inflation genie is back out of the bottle again, and I think Trump has to deal with that reality that the American people have just had it when it comes to inflation. Unfortunately, I think he is being disproportionately blamed for the diminution of purchasing power, the story of which was really written during the pandemic days of the Biden administration.

The conversation about inflation prompted Eisen to ask Griffin, “Do you see the democrats taking Congress?”. While Griffin seemed certain about the fate of the House, he found the Senate’s fate to be less clear-cut.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/gop-megadonor-throws-in-the-towel-on-republicans-holding-house-in-midterms-almost-a-certainty-that-dems-win/

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GOP Megadonor Throws in the Towel on Republicans Holding House in Midterms: 'Almost a Certainty' That Dems Win (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago OP
He blames Biden for the inflation? God that guy can sure lie !!!! 🤥 cstanleytech 8 hrs ago #1
NEWSFLASH, MR. GRIFFIN, IT AIN'T JUST ABOUT INFLATION Skittles 8 hrs ago #2
Duh! surfered 6 hrs ago #5
Things are going to happen ... and everyone knows it FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #3
Never forget or forgive his collaborators. surfered 6 hrs ago #6
"Unfortunately, I think he [Trump] is being disproportionately blamed" tanyev 6 hrs ago #4
Oh, Ken? BULLSHIT. fUCKING Cha 5 hrs ago #8
lol... Traitor ".. deal with reality".. good Cha 5 hrs ago #7
Why does he give a shit anyway? mdbl 5 hrs ago #9
I'm very cautiously optimistic about the trend. Martin68 4 hrs ago #10
Fuck you ken grifter griffin fujiyamasan 2 hrs ago #11
it is AMAZING how repukes dismiss the fact there was a global pandemic Skittles 2 hrs ago #12

Skittles

(172,537 posts)
2. NEWSFLASH, MR. GRIFFIN, IT AIN'T JUST ABOUT INFLATION
Tue May 5, 2026, 07:12 PM
8 hrs ago

Americans are SICK OF TRUMP and they are SICK OF THE ENTIRE GOP LINING UP TO SUCK HIM OFF

ENOUGH ALREADY

FakeNoose

(42,146 posts)
3. Things are going to happen ... and everyone knows it
Tue May 5, 2026, 07:23 PM
7 hrs ago

The Repukes will be backing off and distancing themselves from Chump very quickly.

Cha

(320,272 posts)
7. lol... Traitor ".. deal with reality".. good
Tue May 5, 2026, 09:48 PM
5 hrs ago

Luck with that, Ken Griffin.

PEDO is out there spewing .. "gas prices aren't high.." It's your lying eyes.

mdbl

(8,729 posts)
9. Why does he give a shit anyway?
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:15 PM
5 hrs ago

He already got his big tax cut. All the other laws that try to keep billionaires from raping the economy are being watered down or cancelled. What else does he need?

fujiyamasan

(1,977 posts)
11. Fuck you ken grifter griffin
Wed May 6, 2026, 12:38 AM
2 hrs ago

Still hung up on blaming Biden? This fucker may as well be blaming Clinton and his penis.

Post Covid inflation was a GLOBAL phenomenon, in case this fuck stick doesn’t remember. And the US came out of it far better than many other countries (as he’s well aware given his portfolio returns).

Sure some of the politics and rhetoric wasn’t as effective as it could have been (the Biden admin should have been beating away daily how they were working hard on bringing it down and calling it “transitory” at first was a mistake), but they at least realized the importance of the issue, addressed it, and then worked effectively, giving the fed independence in raising rates and not triggering what could have been a much worse and longer drawn out stagflation. The administration deserves a lot of credit. Yellen did a great job, unlike that smarmy hack we have now.

Thanks to your buddy Ken, and due to his stupid tariffs and incessant war, we’re back to where we were.

Skittles

(172,537 posts)
12. it is AMAZING how repukes dismiss the fact there was a global pandemic
Wed May 6, 2026, 01:15 AM
2 hrs ago

somehow the enfeebled Biden magically caused world-wide inflation on his own

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