Everything costs more right now. Twelve Republicans we track told voters it was overhyped, invented, worth it, or their own fault.

Zach Nunn called the inflation from the Iran war overhyped by the media. Derrick Van Orden says the Democrats invented the term affordability. Jim Desmond, on high oil prices: no pain, no gain. Cindy Hyde-Smith, on the price of beef: you have so many proteins to choose from. Michael Whatley said gasoline prices were down 40 percent — prices had gone up, and gas is a dollar higher now.

It isn't your fault. It's theirs.

Read the full story: Twelve Republicans We Track Told Voters High Prices Aren't Really a Problem. One Said to Pick a Different Protein.