"We Were All Lied To" About Inflation, Wages, Immigration, and War

Lauren Reinhold talks about how she is connecting with disaffected Republicans and independent voters, reflecting on what Kansans share in common, as she travels across the Big First. She told Sherman Smith at the Kansas Reflector that "people are worried about being able to afford their lives." They are fed up with radical policies, irrational wars, unstable tariffs, violent immigration actions, and ever-changing trade wars. Again, the incumbent did not respond to multiple invitations for an interview.

Read the Reflector article here:

https://kansasreflector.com/2026/10/19/kansas-democrat-connects-with-voters-by-pointing-out-we-were-all-lied-to-on-inflation-immigration/

Listen to the Podcast here:

Reprinted in the Lawrence Times:

https://lawrencekstimes.com/2026/10/19/kr-reinhold-connects-voters/