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Inflation exists because Putin invaded Ukraine. It's not the fault of Democrats or Biden. [1]

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Date: 2022-11-03

According to some polls, the economy is more important to voters than the right to have your vote counted or the right of a woman to have an abortion. Specifically, voters are unhappy with inflation.

According (paywall) to the Financial Times, global inflation is due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The FT doesn't say that inflation in the United States is the Democrat's fault or President Biden's fault. Global inflation exists because Russia invaded Ukraine, period. The invasion has increased energy and food prices, placing pressure on personal incomes.

Inflation in the United States is at 8.2%. In Germany, inflation is 10.4% and, in the UK, 10.1%. The United States spends billions of dollars helping Ukraine more than Germany or the UK, but it has the lowest inflation. France, a country that has, in comparison, given less money to Ukraine, has an inflation rate of 6.2%.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine as the cause of inflation in the U.S. and Europe is not a theme in American media. The media and Maga say that inflation is the Democrats’ fault. It is not. It is the fault of Russia's invasion. Inflation in the U.S. is low compared to Germany and the UK. This is a talking point the Democrats can emphasize. If the world feels like helping Ukraine is the right thing to do, there is a cost, and that cost is inflation.

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