Not really - inflation ended 300,000 years before galaxies began to form. Galaxies formed at a time when the expansion of the Universe was proceeding much more sedately.
The question was (paraphrasing) why does light from something 2 billion LY away take 12 billion years to arrive? Inflation notwithstanding, I would like to know the answer.
The question was (paraphrasing) why does light from something 2 billion LY away take 12 billion years to arrive? Inflation notwithstanding, I would like to know the answer.