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Republicans are seizing on rising gas prices as they look to counter Democrats' messaging on the economy ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
The rise in gasoline and oil prices has put pressure on the Democratic Party as it banks on an economic recovery to help maintain its fragile majority in Congress. Now, Republicans are tying the surging prices to Democrats' policy agenda in an effort to sell their message of a mounting inflation crisis, especially as the U.S. economy begins to rebound on other fronts.
Over the Fourth of July weekend, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) launched a raft of digital ads targeting vulnerable House Democrats over rising prices - including the cost of gas.
"Burgers, buns, propane, gas. This year, your Fourth of July Is more expensive, because Democrats' harmful economic policies are making everyday goods cost more," a narrator says in the 15-second ad spot, which goes after nearly a dozen Democratic incumbents in competitive districts.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-look-to-hammer-democrats-over-gas-prices/ar-AALXpnl
Well we know Trump had bigger buns than Biden but that didn't help him.
hatrack
(59,602 posts)keithsw
(436 posts)It will work. I t always does. Americans are arguably the dumbest people on earth. They don't care if you give a BILLIONAIRE tax cuts, but don't mess with their gasoline!
LT Barclay
(2,617 posts)The extraction industries are not happy with Democratic control of Congress and the white house.
They struck immediately and predictably.
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)The sooner we no longer have to rely on the Butcher of Riyadh for maintaining low gas prices, the better.
PortTack
(32,821 posts)Cheating, gridlock, tax breaks for the rich, Puerto Rico hurricane, lack of federal response to wildfires and other disasters, stealing, January 6th.
But hey.. you go ahead and talk about gas prices
bif
(22,821 posts)Sheesh! I see idiots on InstaGram mention it all the time. No shortage of idiots out there.