President Donald Trump, just over a month into his second term, could drive up costs with his threats of imposing tariffs and hasn’t done enough to stop rising egg prices, according to amped-up messages from Democrats.

Multiple grocery stores have seen stickers of Trump on the egg aisle price tags, saying “I did that.” One Trump egg sticker in Wisconsin was promoted by Democratic National Committee chairman Ken Martin, who was elected this year with a goal of winning back working-class voters.

The presidential stickers are ripped from the GOP playbook when Biden’s face was posted on gas pumps pointing to high prices. They drove home the point that despite the Biden administration claiming the economy had roared back after the COVID-19 pandemic, everyday drivers were getting pinched at the pump.

Republicans, who got elected in large part because of those economic woes, claim that Democrats suddenly amplifying inflation now in 2025 is an “embarrassing display of fake outrage,” said National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Mike Marinella.

Democrats lost the 2024 election after voters were promised that Trump would bring down the cost of living. Now, the party is flipping that narrative to attack the GOP for not addressing the economy in the first few weeks of a new administration — a move Republicans are brushing off as “desperate.”

“They didn’t connect during the election,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-TN) told the Washington Examiner. “They’re not connecting now, and you’re seeing a quick turnaround across sectors.”

Since Republicans won total control of Congress, much of the legislation to hit the floor in the House and Senate since January has revolved around illegal immigration, with a few bills aimed at rolling back Biden-era policies.

Democrats have zeroed in on the GOP legislative agenda, especially when the House took a vote on the Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would ban males from participating in women’s sports.

“It appears that our Republican colleagues aren’t really serious about lowering housing costs,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said on MSNBC following the vote. “They’re not serious about lowering childcare costs. They certainly are not serious about lowering healthcare costs or bringing down the cost of groceries. We’ve not seen a single plan since the election.”

Democratic press conferences have followed with a focus on a common question: What are Republicans doing to bring down the cost of living?

House Democrats have posted on social media, noting the cost of eggs going up, driven by a shortage from a bird flu outbreak. They’ve also mercilessly blasted Republicans for supporting billionaire Elon Musk, who is leading the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency.

Democrats projected economic pain to come if Trump follows through on more tariffs on imports and a GOP budget plan that could slash $2 trillion in federal spending to pay for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts.

During the 2024 election, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris underscored areas of the economy with solid numbers — unemployment rate and jobs created — but were ineffective in addressing the realities of how inflation was hitting middle-class Americans when it came to prices at the pump and in groceries.

While much of Democratic messaging in 2024 revolved around preserving democracy and abortion access, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) staunchly criticized the party for not focusing more on workers.

“Here is the reality, the working class of America is angry, and they have a reason to be angry,” Sanders told CNN days after the election.

The rate of inflation has steadied in 2025,  but prices remain high, and consumers are worried about the economy. Democrats see an opportunity to win back voters on economic issues, in part by railing against Musk as an unelected billionaire hurting everyday Americans.

Now, with Medicaid, the health insurance program for lower-income Americans, subject to possible cuts to pay for Trump’s agenda of extending tax breaks, Democrats have gone on offense with their new working-class playbook.

GOP leaders have brushed off Democrats’ Medicaid cuts claims as “hysteria,” arguing that they are grasping at straws as they still reel from election losses. While the GOP budget plan calls for steep cost cuts, Republicans claim those can be achieved through rooting out Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse.

“They don’t have a message,” Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) told the Washington Examiner. “If all the things that they’re complaining about, saying cuts in Medicaid — which is a lie — where were they four years ago? All this happened.”

Some Democrats brush off criticism that they did not campaign on the realities of middle-class Americans in 2024 — but also recognize the need to reach voters differently during a push for a shift back to a populist platform.

“I reject the premise that we didn’t talk about it,” Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) told the Washington Examiner. “I do think more broadly, all of us need to do a better job of seeing and validating the very real pain that exists across our districts across the country.”

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While Trump has been back for just over a month, some lawmakers think voters will start to see the “snowball” effect from the GOP’s forthcoming budget reconciliation to cut federal spending and jobs. By the time the 2026 midterm elections arrive, any economic weaknesses couldn’t be blamed on the Biden administration.

“I laugh in their faces because they desperately want Biden still to be president, so they can continue to blame it on Biden,” Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) told the Washington Examiner. “They got the House, they got the Senate, they got the White House.”