参议员约翰·肯尼迪（路易斯安那州共和党人）周日表示，随着中期选举临近，共和党“必须就生活成本问题向美国人民说出真相”。肯尼迪在NBC新闻《会见新闻界》节目中接受克里斯滕·韦尔克的采访时，谈及即将到来的中期选举时说：“正如我之前所说，克里斯滕，我对选举有个预测。我愿意用一杯苏打水和一顶漂亮的帽子打赌，专家们是错的。我认为——我确实认为——结果会很胶着。”
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Sunday said Republicans “have to tell the American people the truth” about the cost of living as his party heads into the midterms. “As I've said before, Kristen, here's my prediction about the elections. I will bet you a soda and a nice hat that the experts are wrong. I will think — I do think it will be close,” Kennedy told NBC News’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press,” discussing the upcoming midterms.
他补充道：“我认为最大的问题是生活成本。我认为我们必须向美国人民说出真相。告诉他们不要相信自己的‘撒谎支票簿’（指实际支出与预期不符）是行不通的。这场通胀并非凭空产生，它始于[前任]拜登总统任内。由于伊朗战争，它在特朗普总统任内露出了狰狞面目。”
“I think the biggest issue is cost of living. I think we have to tell the American people the truth," he added. "Telling them not to believe their own lying checkbooks is not going to work. This inflation did not originate in a vat.
随着中期选举的临近，共和党面临多重政治挑战，包括不受欢迎的伊朗战争和关税问题。伊朗战争尤其让美国民众在加油站承受了沉重打击，冲突期间，作为石油行业关键水道的霍尔木兹海峡已关闭。据美国汽车协会（AAA）数据，周日下午，美国普通汽油的平均价格约为每加仑4.37美元，而去年同期同一时间的价格约为每加仑3.14美元。
Started under [former] President Biden. It's reared its ugly head under President Trump because of the war in Iran." The GOP is facing multiple political challenges as the midterms approach, with issues like the unpopular Iran war and tariffs. The Iran war has especially hit Americans hard at the pump, with the Strait of Hormuz — a key waterway for the oil industry — closed amid the conflict. According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas for Americans was about $4.37 Sunday afternoon, with the same gallon of gas worth about $3.14 last year at the same time.
昆尼皮亚克大学近期的一项民调发现，62%的受访者表示反对特朗普对经济的处理方式。另一项由美联社/NORC进行的调查显示，65%的受访者认为总统的政策导致了高物价，其影响超过了其他经济驱动因素。在同一项调查中，超过半数的受访者表示，自特朗普重返白宫以来，国家经济乃至美国整体状况都变得更糟。国家经济委员会主任凯文·哈塞特周日表示，他不相信近期显示美国民众对经济持负面情绪的民调结果。
A recent Quinnipiac University poll found that 62 percent of respondents said they were against Trump’s handling of the economy. In a separate Associated Press/NORC survey, 65 percent of respondents said the president’s policies were causing high prices, more than other economic drivers. More than half of respondents in the same poll also said the national economy, as well as the U.S. overall, had been worse off since Trump came back to the White House. Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, said Sunday he didn’t believe in recent polls that show Americans’ negative feelings surrounding the economy.
“在选举周期来临之前，那些可能有党派倾向的民调机构告诉我们民众情绪极度低落，这显然是民主党惯用的伎俩，我根本不信。”哈塞特在《国情咨文》节目中接受CNN记者杰克·塔珀采访时说道。
“Ahead of an election cycle, the fact that there’s, you know, possibly partisan pollsters telling us that the people are really, really depressed, it’s a classic Democrat move, and I just don’t buy it,” Hassett told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”