Congressman Shri Thanedar

Proud Detroiter, Father, Grandfather, Scientist, Author and Congressman representing Michigan’s 13th District. #MI13

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

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[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

Instead of honoring our veterans, House Republicans want to spend Veterans Day trying to pass the largest cuts to veterans' benefits in history. I'm voting NO on the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act and voting YES on the Major Richard Star Act instead.

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

Today, we honor the courage and sacrifice of all who have selflessly served our country, especially in #MI13. On Veterans Day, we must recommit to ensuring our veterans and their families receive the care and benefits they have earned.

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

The numbers don't lie; Trump's policies have sent inflation through the roof.

[Simon Rosenberg @SimonWDC]

Inflation has more than doubled since Trump took office. The scale of the policy failure that America is experiencing right now is hard to put into words.

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

Pete Hegseth has disgraced the once proud title of Defense Secretary by dragging America into a corrupt, illegal war.

I will be voting YES to impeach Pete Hegseth.

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

Republican Congressmen telling Americans that the government has no responsibility to address inflation when that same government under their control has been actively taking actions over the past 2 years (tariffs and Iran War) that have directly CAUSED the latest wave of inflation is PEAK arrogance.

American taxpayers have been paying your salary and you repaid them by getting us into a disastrous war that just caused inflation to shoot up to a whopping 4%.

Disgraceful.

[Dan Crenshaw @DanCrenshawTX]

Yeah we all remember that and I also remember not being stupid enough to think the government could fix it all for me. I remember having four roommates while I was a young Navy SEAL and saving money on my first deployment to Iraq to buy my first home. I remember when people didn’t believe that someone else should pay for some make-believe lifestyle we thought we deserved…because we believed we had to figure it out ourselves. I also remember when Republicans were honest enough to tell people the truth and fight for policy that would have long term benefits even if unpopular in the short term. If anyone thinks the lesson about “affordability” in this election is just becoming more populist and more liberal, then go join the Democrat party. They’ll be happy to have you, bribing voters with promises of free crap.

Or…do a better job making the economic case for what you know is right.

I’m still team Trump. Why? Because his policies are grounded in the long term, not the convenient short term. GOOD. Double down on the agenda.
Who cares if we lost the midterms? Nothing changes. We already had a deadlocked Congress anyway.

And how about you supposed “conservative commentators” tell the truth about issues like affordability? Republicans made sure the average family of 4 didn’t see a $10,000 increase in taxes last year. *Money that Democrats voted to take from you.* Republicans push for permitting reform and deregulation. Supply side policies that decrease inflation long term. Tariffs suck in the short term but in the long term will bring manufacturing here. Biden and his Democrats caused 9% inflation. The high prices you see now? Guess what, 76% of that higher price is from the Biden years. The rest is gas prices which admittedly is caused by the actions in Iran. GOOD. All I have to pay is 30% higher gas and I get to make sure Iran can’t point a nuke at me?? GOOD.

By the way, lots of other consumer goods are cheaper. Prescription drugs are 4.5% LOWER. The biggest cost increases are housing and healthcare. Why? Because Obamacare wrecked the healthcare market and blue states make it impossible to permit new home building. But who cares about the facts, right? Good job, Texas! Say goodbye to your low cost of living and pro-business reputation. And thank the braindead right wing populists that threw their votes away in protest (also thank Paxton for running the worst campaign ever….).

Republicans need to stop running away from good policy and principles just because it MIGHT win an election. Thats the Democrat way. Fuck that. Stick to principle. And LEARN HOW TO ACTUALLY EXPLAIN GOOD POLICY TO VOTERS. The moronic consultant class told the GOP to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on transgender ads instead of the economy.

Incredibly stupid.

Let’s learn some lessons, but for God’s sake learn the RIGHT lessons.

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

Working Americans deserve top quality child care!

I'm proud to sign on to the Child Care Modernization Act to ease the strain on parents struggling with insane child care costs.

[First Five Years Fund @firstfiveyears]

Thank you @RepShriThanedar and @RepDeborahRoss for signing on to the Child Care Modernization Act– a bipartisan bill that would help expand options to affordable and quality child care for families across the country!

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

A true Michigan legend.

Detroit, make sure that your vote is Signed, Sealed, and Delivered before it's too late.

[Michigan Democrats @MichiganDems]

You heard it from Michigan’s very own, @steviewonder. The stakes could not be higher in this fight for our future.

Make your voice heard and vote for @jocelynbenson and @abdulelsayed by 8pm today. 💙

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

EVERYTHING has gotten more expensive.

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

Cost of living - from when Republicans took over in Jan 2025 to today

Gas: $3.10 🔺 $4.17
Diesel: $3.66 🔺 $6.29
Coffee: $7.02 🔺 $9.33
Burgers: $5.55/lb 🔺 $6.79
ACA health premiums: $888/mo 🔺 $1,904/mo

Do the math. Vote accordingly.

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

No, this isn't satire.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

The Trump administration's closing message: "The best cure for high prices is high prices"

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

This gifted genius made billions of dollars off the war his father started through his Pentagon contracts.

Remember that next time your paying obscene prices for gas, electricity, and groceries.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Don Jr in Ohio: "They want to pack the Supreme Court. They want to make Ohio a state."

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

Giant corporations rake in massive profits while working Americans suffer with obscenely expensive prices.

The tale of the Trump presidency.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

The two largest U.S. oil companies, ExxonMobil and Chevron, report blowout profits that easily beat expectations as oil prices remain sharply elevated because of the U.S. war with Iran. https://t.co/9uSigvrIhw

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

Inflation when Trump took office: 2.9%

Inflation now: 3.7%

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: President Trump says inflation is “way down.”

“The golden age of America is upon us,” Trump says.

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

As if rampant inflation isn't bad enough, wages have stalled as well.

American workers' wages are getting completely eaten up by inflation.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Since the start of President Trump’s second term, Americans have seen no real wage growth on average, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

Nothing to see here, just more crippling inflation on the rise again.

"Golden Age" though.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: US September PCE inflation, the Fed's preferred inflation metric, rises to 3.6%.

Core PCE inflation also rose to 3.1%, up +0.3% month-over-month.

This officially confirms that CPI, PPI, and PCE inflation are all rising again.

A December rate hike is coming.

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

These MAGA influencers spend 51 weeks every year chastising guys like this, calling them "unskilled" and insisting that don't deserve higher wages, increased benefits, childcare, etc because they "should have learned some REAL skills."

Then when elections are around the corner, they suddenly pretend to champion them and care about their struggle.

Most two-faced grift in history.

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

This man is our guy. It's who we elected Trump to help. To help every man and woman like this.

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

"It seems to me that you have an election, the person who wins the most votes should win."

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

JD Vance on ranked choice voting: "I don't understand it. It seems to me that you have an election, the person who wins the most votes should win. That seems to be not what happens with ranked choice voting. The fact that it's so confusing to a person who pays pretty close attention to politics I think suggests we should do our elections in, like, the normal way."

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

Trump's war cost American taxpayers $47,100,000,000.00. and all they got in return was higher prices on everything.

At least Trump's sons got to make billions off the war through their Pentagon contracts.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Pentagon tells Congress the Iran military operation has cost American taxpayers $47,100,000,000.00.

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

Mind you, 26 Americans actually DID die because Trump started a war to enrich his sons through the billions of dollars they own in Pentagon contracts.

Which also sent prices everywhere skyrocketing.

But Ted Cruz will never call out Trump, even after Trump called his wife ugly.

[CSPAN @cspan]

Sen. @tedcruz (R-TX) says that if U.S. Sen. candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) is elected into the Senate and is placed in the Senate Intelligence Committee, "there is a very real risk that Americans will die as a result."

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

Dolores Huerta was a tireless champion for workers here in America and all around the world.

I'm saddened to hear about her passing, but her incredible legacy will live forever.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Dolores Huerta, United Farmworkers co-founder and civil rights icon, has died, her family says.

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

As if rising food, gas, and electricity prices weren't bad enough, steel prices just hit a more than 4+ year high due to Trump's reckless tariffs.

More expensive steel means just about everything else becomes more expensive, too.

These tariffs are crushing working families here in Michigan.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

U.S. steel prices just hit their highest level in more than four years, per Bloomberg.

Benchmark hot-rolled coil has jumped 52% over the past year to $1,255 a ton, a level last seen in May 2022.

The reason: Trump’s tariffs are squeezing foreign supply. Steel imports fell 14% in the first nine months of 2026.