Inflation remains high at an 8.5 percent annual rate of increase, according to the last such report to Americans before they vote on Nov. 8, and congressional Republicans appear set to remind them of it every day between now and the election.
But even as Hill GOPers issued a blizzard of news releases and Twitter posts about the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Producer Price Index report Wednesday, Democrats in Congress seemed determined to talk about anything but the rising cost of living.
Typical was this statement issued by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), saying, “Today’s inflation report is the last one Americans will see before going to the polls in 26 days. The picture it paints is clear: Democrat tax and spend policies have failed this nation as inflation remains at historically high rates….