Hakeem Jeffries has launched a five-figure digital advertising campaign aimed specifically at NFL viewers after President Donald Trump promised $5,000 checks to every adult American citizen if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate. The New York Democrat’s ad challenges Trump’s claim that the United States has entered a golden age, pointing instead to higher grocery prices, gas costs and health insurance premiums. Republicans hold 218 House seats to Democrats’ 214, while an Economist/YouGov poll gives Democrats a seven-point lead on the generic congressional ballot. Jeffries, the House minority leader and would-be speaker, is expected to receive the speaker’s gavel if Democrats win back the chamber, despite criticism from parts of his left flank. Trump said his unconventional midterm convention in Dallas beat the first night of NFL football, although no audience metrics were available. The proposed payments could require congressional action, and former congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux warned that additional demand could worsen inflation while the United States is running annual deficits of $2 trillion and carrying $40 trillion in debt.