1. United States
2. Va.
3. Letter

According to CNN the US economy lost 92,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%. Economists were expecting a net gain of 60,000 jobs last month while December’s job gains of 48,000 were revised down to a loss of 17,000 jobs. More significant job declines were found in health care (down 28,000 jobs); leisure and hospitality (down 27,000 jobs); and construction (down 11,000 jobs). Mass deportation, which you advocate for, is known to kill jobs, raise prices, and shrink the economy; it is doing just that. Tariffs are skyrocketing prices. Tourism is down (11 million fewer visitors in 2025!) as well. And now we’ve got the price of gas to contend with as well. While you’ve previously bragged about how much Trump has reduced gas prices, according to the Gas Buddy the last few days have seen the 6th, 8th and 9th largest single day increases in average diesel prices going back to 2000. Crude oil prices are up 25% since the start of the conflict, costing American consumers billions at the gas pump. Diesel prices are now over $4 a gallon – threatening consumers with sticker shock on anything that travels by truck – from food to furniture. Rising oil and gas prices will also cause utility bills to spike, since 44 percent of American electricity is generated from natural gas and oil products. Have I mentioned that the daily cost of Trump’s war in Iran is an estimated $1 billion a day, enough to cover a full year of health care for 110,000 Medicaid enrollees. The affordability crisis is real and it is affecting your constituents. Stop the war in Iran. Support policies that will improve affordability rather than continuing to make it worse.