Recent reporting shows that over 800,000 Wisconsinites will travel at least 50 miles for Memorial Day this year, which is a decrease from 2025.
But it doesn’t take much digging to uncover the likely culprit behind the sudden drop in Wisconsinites’ holiday travel plans: a lot of people simply can’t afford it this year.
Since Trump started the war in Iran, gas prices in Wisconsin have gone up nearly 40%, according to the Center for American Progress. In turn, rising gas prices have also pushed up the price of food and other essential goods.
Yet just last week, Wisconsin Republican Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany cast the deciding vote to allow Trump’s unpopular and costly war of choice in Iran to continue with no added oversight as Wisconsinites continue to feel the consequences. And that wasn’t the first time.
Tiffany has voted in favor of continuing the war with no added oversight more than once, and has also voted at least 7 times to continue Trump’s tariffs that are causing deep financial distress for Wisconsin families and small businesses alike.
So, at a time when most would normally be traveling to spend time with family or honor a lost loved one this Memorial Day, we’re instead paying the price for Trump and Tiffany’s war that an overwhelming majority of Americans don’t support.
