GOP Sees Inflation as New Weapon to Bludgeon Biden, Democrats – By Tim Smart (US News) / June 25 2021
As the economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, prices are spiking and Republicans see a winning message in blaming Joe Biden.
The Republican Party may have found an issue with which to clobber Democrats as it gears up for what is likely to be a very close midterm election cycle: inflation.
The message was delivered loud and clear Tuesday in House Republican Whip Steve Scalise’s opening statement before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus, where Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was testifying.
“The Biden inflation agenda of too much money chasing too few goods is causing major harm to hard-working American families,” ranking member Scalise said after running down a laundry list of pet peeves that included the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed in March that included $300-a-week enhanced unemployment benefits, and another $4 trillion in proposed spending on infrastructure, child care, education and family-oriented programs.
Scalise ran down a list of common items that have risen sharply in price over the past year or so, with a chart on an easel behind him showing milk up 5%, bacon up 13%, gas up 56%, used cars up 30% and transportation up 16%.
