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House Republicans Have A Message to Americans Struggling With Inflation: Toughen Up

Dana Milbank: “Several Republican candidates and office holders are approaching the midterm elections with a most unorthodox message for voters: Quit your bellyaching.”
As Americans face rising inflation, soaring gas prices, and shrinking purchasing power, House Republican candidates and incumbents across the country are uniting behind a stunningly out-of-touch midterm message: “Stop Whining”

Jim Desmond (R, CA-48): “No pain, no gain”

David Valadao (R, CA-22): “[To] pretend that Iran is the first reason why fuel prices are going up is false.”

Zach Nunn (R, IA-02): Inflation is “overhyped, candidly, by the media”

Laurie Buckhout (R, NC-01): “The economy is actually doing better than I think the naysayers want to have it do” and the Iran War “is definitely worth it.”

Marty O’Donnell (R, NV-02): “I don’t hear anybody complaining about tariffs.”

Mike Lawler (R, NY-17): Trump’s tariffs were worth “a little bit of short-term pain.”

Derrick Van Orden (R, WI-03): “the Democrats invented this term ‘affordability.’”

DCCC Spokesperson Aidan Johnson:
“While working families suffer from rising costs on everything from housing and health care to gas and groceries, House Republicans are telling voters to suck it up and eat ramen.”

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