One year into Donald Trump's second presidency, he's historically unpopular.
A New York Times/Siena College poll showed that nearly half of voters said that their life was worse off than it was four years ago.
Despite his talk of affordability being a Democratic "hoax," roughly 51 percent of voters said their life is less affordable now and 64 percent say that Trump mismanaged efforts to handle the cost of living.
But Trump will never be on a presidential ballot again. Instead, he will make others pay the price for it; namely Republicans in Congress.
Survey after survey shows that Democrats lead the generic ballot, which determines whether voters would vote for a generic Democrat over a generic Republican in Congress. The generic often serves as a major indicator of how the country will vote in a midterm.
But don't expect Republicans to find religion and stand up to the president anytime soon. If anything, this week shows just how much they are willing to allow Trump to do whatever he pleases.
As The Independent wrote this week, Republicans have done little to stand up to Trump - who had a 40 percent approval rating in the latest Associated Press poll - in terms and only a handful of Republicans have defected.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has regularly helped Trump and often either says he has not seen Trump's latest remarks, refuses to comment on them or sometimes even defends them.
On Thursday, the House pushed the final spending bills across the finish line, including a spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security that provides $10 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Thomas Massie, the perpetual critic of Trump, was the only Republican who voted against the bill, as public opinion has turned on ICE after the killing of Renee Good.
By contrast, seven Democrats – all of whom hail from districts that voted for Trump – voted for the legislation, even as many other moderates from frontline districts opposed the bill.
That relative independence allows Democrats with tough races to have a better shot at winning.
But Republicans in swing races are increasingly tied to the least popular parts of Trump's agenda, which could spell doom for the midterms and Republican hopes of keeping a majority in Congress.
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