Repub­li­cans wor­ry they’ve ‘glossed over’ vot­ers’ afford­abil­i­ty con­cerns

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Republicans worry they’ve ‘glossed over’ voters’ affordability concerns

Repub­li­cans are increas­ing­ly wor­ried they failed to address vot­ers’ eco­nom­ic con­cerns while they had full con­trol of Wash­ing­ton, fuel­ing fears that the par­ty could pay a steep price in November.The anx­i­eties offer an ear­ly pre­view of the Mon­day-morn­ing quar­ter­back­ing to come after the Nov. 3 midterm elec­tions, in which Repub­li­cans increas­ing­ly acknowl­edge they could lose both cham­bers to Democrats.Sen. Jim Jus­tice (R‑WV), a con­ser­v­a­tive ally of Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, described the GOP as hav­ing “glossed over” every­day vot­ers “out here real­ly hurt­ing.” The first-term sen­a­tor is a mil­lion­aire coal tycoon who’s weigh­ing a bid to return to the West Vir­ginia governor’s man­sion.
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