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Letter: Vote Republican

Editor, Gazette-Journal: In spite of the fact that they actually caused the current “affordability crisis,” Democrats think it is their ace in the hole to a midterm victory. They seem to think that Americans are really stupid and can’t remember a couple of years ago. Overall inflation rose 12.3% under Biden versus 4.3% under Trump’s first two years of this term. Groceries rose 15.8% versus 3.3%. Gasoline rose 69% versus 12%. Rent rose 7.7% versus 4.5%. Electricity rose 19.1% versus 8.4%. The widest reversal came in new and used vehicle with prices rising 23.9% during the comparable Biden period and falling ½% during Trump’s current term. That does not mean every price has returned to where it was before the Biden inflation surge. It means the additional increase has been dramatically smaller under Trump—and important distinction for families still living with the higher prices Biden left behind. Biden made the cost of vehicles and gasoline higher based on the false premise of climate c...

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