{"id":5278,"date":"2026-08-12T20:13:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5278"},"modified":"2026-08-12T20:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:13:25","slug":"maga-candidates-tone-deaf-starbucks-comments-back-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5278","title":{"rendered":"MAGA Candidate\u2019s \u2018Tone Deaf\u2019 Starbucks Comments Back Under Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Michele Tafoya, an NFL sideline reporter turned MAGA candidate, is under renewed scrutiny over her \u201ctone-deaf\u201d Starbucks talking points after she won her primary election.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5276\">CBS\u2019 Nepo-Baby Owner Called Out on Sucking Up to Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tafoya, 61, the Republican nominee for Senate in Minnesota, declared in March that Americans feeling the economic strain under President Donald Trump\u2019s war in Iran, which has caused gas and oil prices to skyrocket, should simply go to Starbucks less.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cMaybe you take one less trip to Starbucks, and so that gas goes a little further, until this thing is over and these gas prices come back down again,\u201d Tafoya suggested. \u201cLet\u2019s just try to be patriots about this. Whether you agree with it or not, we\u2019re there, and we\u2019ve got to support our men and women in uniform. That\u2019s a big one.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After her primary win, those comments were aired on MS NOW, prompting renewed scrutiny. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAh there it is. Every time. There wasn\u2019t a Starbucks out in the town I stopped by last week. No bus stops or subway. No, just people barely surviving because they can\u2019t afford to drive to work now,\u201d Fred Wellman, a Democrat running for Congress in Missouri, responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re rich it\u2019s an inconvenience. When you\u2019re just trying to make ends meet, you\u2019re not patriotic. Stop electing out-of-touch politicians,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood grief tone deaf. She might as well said let them eat cake,\u201d one user wrote online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if I didn\u2019t go to Starbucks before this war? What should I give up? Driving? Maybe lunch? I eat at home and that\u2019s expensive. Just trying to do my part,\u201d another person sarcastically wrote online.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5274\">Trump Humiliated as MyPillow Guy Is Latest Flop He Endorsed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tafoya, a former sideline reporter for NBC Sports\u2019 <i>Sunday Night Football<\/i>, beat her primary opponent, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, by 28 points in Tuesday\u2019s primary election. <\/p>\n<p>She will face Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a progressive Democrat, in the 2026 midterm election as they race to replace retiring Sen. Tina Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Tafoya was formerly a Trump critic, even going as far as to support Trump\u2019s one-time political enemy, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.<\/p>\n<p>But she has since gone full MAGA as she tries to become the first GOP Senator from Minnesota in nearly two decades. Republicans frequently target the state as a potential pickup, believing they can flip it red, but have yet to run a successful statewide campaign in recent election cycles.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are hoping that a state fraud scandal will give them a better chance this year.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had a crisis of leadership here. We\u2019ve seen what career politicians have done in this state,\u201d Tafoya told reporters after casting her ballot on Tuesday. \u201cThey\u2019ve brought us to a place of national embarrassment, and this state is ready for change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5272\">Lara Trump Offers Wild Explanation for \u2018MAGA Barbie\u2019 Outrage<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michele Tafoya, an NFL sideline reporter turned MAGA candidate, is under renewed scrutiny over her \u201ctone-deaf\u201d Starbucks talking points after she won her primary election. 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