Republican politicians in Tennessee are blasting President Joe Biden and Democrats after inflation numbers from May showed prices rising 8.6 percent year over year, a 40-year high.
“I hope come November when folks head to the polls, they remember Democrats decided to put politics first instead of focusing on the real-life issues we all face today,” Representative John Rose (R-TN-06) said Friday.
I hope come November when folks head to the polls, they remember Democrats decided to put politics first instead of focusing on the real-life issues we all face today. https://t.co/XjRjHWUZgY
— John Rose (@RepJohnRose) June 10, 2022
“As Americans are forced to choose between buying groceries or filling their gas tanks, Democrats will hold a sham hearing in their unconstitutional select committee to ‘investigate’ January 6th. It truly is a shame,” he said Thursday, prior to the January 6th Committee’s first hearing on Thursday night.
The fact that inflation numbers skyrocketed while Democrats and some Republicans focused on the events of January 6, 2021 – almost a year and a half ago – was not lost on Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) either.
“Tennesseans are fed up with paying more for everything,” he said Friday. “Where is the Hollywood spectacle over the 8.6% inflation spike?”
Tennesseans are fed up with paying more for everything. Where is the Hollywood spectacle over the 8.6% inflation spike? https://t.co/3IVGgWIFk2
— Rep. Mark Green (@RepMarkGreen) June 10, 2022
Others focused strictly on the inflation numbers.
“Inflation is climbing at the fastest pace in 40 years, and the cost of gas and groceries have skyrocketed,” Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said. “This is what Joe Biden has accomplished in less than two years.”
Inflation is climbing at the fastest pace in 40 years, and the cost of gas and groceries have skyrocketed.
This is what Joe Biden has accomplished in less than two years.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) June 10, 2022
“Empty wallets and empty tanks—it’s the sad reality that far too many Americans are experiencing in Biden’s America. The Biden Administration is lost in an alternate reality,” Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said, adding in a lengthy statement that the Biden administration is “ignoring the inflationary impact of their devastating war on American energy, regulatory attacks on American business, and collapsing of our southern border.”
Empty wallets and empty tanks—it’s the sad reality that far too many Americans are experiencing in Biden’s America. The Biden Administration is lost in an alternate reality.
My full statement on another month of historic inflation: pic.twitter.com/Mf1gi1SQwv
— Senator Bill Hagerty (@SenatorHagerty) June 10, 2022
State-level politicians also noted the rise in prices.
“Are you better off now than you were just a few years ago? Is our nation better off now than just a few years ago? Elections have consequences. Remember all of this when you vote in November of 22 and 24,” said State Representative Jason Zachary (R-Farragut).
The stock market plummeted Thursday afternoon upon the news of the historic rise in inflation, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 600 points.
As of Friday afternoon, the Dow had dropped more than 700 points.
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Jason Zachary” by Jason Zachary. Photo “Bill Hagerty” by Bill Hagerty. Photo “John Rose” by John Rose.Â
