Appendix:Snowclones/it's the X, stupid

English

Etymology

From Bill Clinton's 1992 U.S. presidential campaign slogan "It's the economy, stupid".

Phrase

it's the X, stupid

1. (snowclone) One should focus primarily on X.
   • 2002 October 12, Frank Rich, “It's the War, Stupid”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:
   • 2017, Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, Elsevier, →ISBN:

     It's the climate, stupid, and it's changing, so we better do something about it and fast.

   • 2021 September 27, Noah Millman, “It's the virus, stupid”, in The Week‎^[2]: