Alex Jacquez
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“A lot of people were pessimistic … that oversight would result in anything, and so they want restitution. They want CEOs to go to jail. They want people to resign. They want prices to be lowered,”
Alex Jacquez · said 2026-11-05 · reported 2026-11-06
Jacquez described focus group participants' anger at corporate leaders and their desire for restitution, jail time, resignations, and lower prices.
“In the focus groups in particular, I was pretty shocked at how much jail time came up for CEOs,”
Alex Jacquez · said 2026-11-05 · reported 2026-11-06
Jacquez expressed surprise at how frequently focus group participants raised the idea of jail time for CEOs.
“The issue never really resonated for people. Donald Trump was more popular the day that impeachment ended in the Senate than he was when it started in the House,”
Alex Jacquez · said 2026-11-05 · reported 2026-11-06
Jacquez argued that the impeachment of Donald Trump did not resonate with voters and that Trump's popularity increased through the process.
“We were pretty worried that we were going to repeat the same mistake of 2019, where Democrats came with a big new majority ... and they spent a year-plus on impeachment,”
Alex Jacquez · said 2026-11-05 · reported 2026-11-06
Jacquez told CNBC that outside groups worry Democrats will repeat the 2019 mistake of spending over a year on impeachment instead of focusing on affordability.