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AI boom tests GOP’s midterm affordability pitch as price pain spreads

Republicans are warning that their ability to deliver on lowering everyday costs, one of their core campaign promises heading into the 2026 midterms, is being tested by an AI-driven chip shortage that has spilled into consumer markets."When you have a big race like we have with AI, there are secondary effects that we need to be very concerned about," former Rep. Patrick McHenry, who served as House Financial Services Committee chairman, told Fox News Digital, adding, "It is hurting Republicans."Tech industry reports have for months been raising alarm over a global chip shortage. In January, a...