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Democrats ignored pleas to address price of ‘eggs and gas’, campaigners say

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Campaigners and academics fear the Democratic party’s losses of the White House and Senate majority, and its failure to retake the House majority will leave workers on lower incomes vulnerable.

“There was a universal feeling of you’re not listening to us.” said One Fair Wage president.

Trump ’s proposed tariffs, and the impact they may have on the costs of basic goods and necessities, are also causing concern.

“I think that the anti-immigrant fervor out of Trump and his acolytes is terrifying and defies humanity,” Judy Conti , director of government affairs at the National Employment Law Project .