Inflation in the United States remains high at an 8.5 percent annual rate, according to the last such report that Americans will see before they vote on Nov. 8, and congressional Republicans appear set to remind them of it every day between now and Election Day.
But even as GOP lawmakers issued a blizzard of statements and Twitter posts about the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Producer Price Index report on Oct. 12, 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.), who said, “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….