‘It Takes Time’: Republicans Find Patience Around the Need to Lower Inflation

Democrats have pointed to President Donald Trump’s insistence that he’d swiftly bring down prices. Republicans say it’s much more complicated.

A shopper browses for eggs.

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President Donald Trump and Republicans have spent years blaming Democrats for inflation and promised to quickly bring down grocery prices. Now they have a problem: If they can’t combat inflation immediately, how soon will they face the blame for the price of eggs?

NOTUS spoke to over a dozen Senate Republicans about Trump’s commitment to lowering prices on Day One. They resoundingly rejected the idea that Trump has faltered on one of his campaign promises.

Instead, they argued it wasn’t feasible to begin with.