Republicans are entering midterm campaign mode with an emphasis on messaging about affordability.

As President Donald Trump recently kicked off a speaking tour on affordability in Pennsylvania, Republicans on the Hill are attempting to do their part to make America more affordable.

Last Tuesday, Trump made his first stop in a new tour of House swing districts, where he personally took on Democrats’ claims to be the party championing a lower cost of living.

“I have no higher priority than making America affordable again,” Trump said at Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, located in the state’s hotly contested 8th Congressional District, which is represented by Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pa. “That’s what we’re going to do. And again, [Democrats] cause the high prices and we’re bringing them down.”

Trump, however, has previously suggested that the affordability narrative pushed particularly by Democrats is a hoax.

The domestic trip comes after months in which Trump has held few large campaign-style rallies, instead spending much........

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