Democrat lawmakers rush to bash Trump even as jobs, inflation reports beat projections

Democrats are sticking to their skepticism about President Donald Trump’s performance on the economy, blasting the country’s "unaffordability" even as the reporting from January exceeded expectations on inflation and the job market.

January’s inflation report, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed just a 2.5% increase in prices over last year — a number that inches the economy closer to the Federal Reserve’s target of 2%.

Similarly, the U.S. jobs report for last month showed that the economy added 130,000 jobs...