Americans are widely rejecting President Donald Trump’s insistence that the economy is strong and there is no cost-of-living crisis, according to CNN’s chief data analyst.

The network’s polling guru, Harry Enten, suggested that the president risks dooming the GOP in the midterm elections if he continues to insist that concerns about affordability are a “hoax” or a “con job” pushed by Democrats.

“You can bloviate as much as you want in Washington, D.C., but at the end of the day, it’s the American people who make the ultimate decision at the ballot box, like they did last month in Virginia and in New Jersey,” Enten said.

“This is what it’s all about, baby. Google searches for ‘affordability’ are up 110 percent versus a year ago. More folks searched for affordability in the last month tha

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