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This is just days after Queen Nancy said that Democrats need to get better at talking about inflation

Pelosi says election fight ‘not about inflation’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday said the midterm election fight should be focused on cost of living rather than the global problem of inflation.

“When I hear people talk about inflation… we have to change that subject. Inflation is a global phenomenon,” Pelosi said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” with Margaret Brennan. “The EU, the European Union, the UK, the British, have higher inflation rate than we do here… The fight is not about inflation. It’s about the cost of living.”

Inflation drives the cost of living. How do you drive down the COL without reducing inflation? Do you plan to simply give people monthly checks to offset the cost of living increases? And, yet, inflation is worldwide, thanks to the Chinese coronavirus, along with the responses to it. All those lockdowns did not help. The shuttering of businesses, especially food, energy, and chip makers.

“If you look at what we [Democrats] have done, to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, to bring down the cost of- of energy and the rest in our legislation, you will see that that has been opposed every step of the way by the Republicans, and they have no plan for lowering the cost of living or helping with inflation,” Pelosi added.

The prescription drugs thing only effects a small number of drugs and doesn’t kick in till 2023/2024 at the earliest, and much only applies to those on Medicare. Has anyone seen their cost of energy go down? Well, maybe if you can afford solar panels for $20K+ or a new EV. Of course, you spent more to eventually reduce your energy cost. No one on Face The Nation challenged her talking points. No one made her defend them with facts. The primary GOP plan to reduce inflation is to reduce energy costs, which starts with allowing more domestic drilling and allowing more refineries. Then you get things like reducing government spending

Nancy Pelosi wants to change the subject away from inflation.

The American people deserve a change away from Democrats’ one-party rule.

— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) October 23, 2022

At the end of the day, Democrats have had control of Congress and the Executive Branch since January 20, 2021. What have they specifically done to reduce the cost of food and energy, two things that citizens will see, at worst, every couple of days?