Unpacking Claims Mortgage Rates, Savings, Wages Worse Under Harris Than Trump

In September 2024, as the U.S. presidential election gathered momentum, a meme began to circulate purporting to compare data on the spending power of households between the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump and the administration of his 2024 opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. It appeared on Trump's official Facebook page (archived) on Sept. 5:

As of this writing, this post had gained 78,000 reactions and 13,000 comments. The meme also appeared elsewhere on Facebook, including the Facebook page of the Republican Party of Kalamazoo County in Michigan, several X posts, and Reddit. A user also posted another version of it on Instagram.