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The article discusses how Republican politicians who initially supported President Donald Trump's Iran War are now distancing themselves as midterm elections approach and public disapproval of the conflict rises. According to a CNN/SSRS poll, 73% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the war. Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers, for example, initially declared strong support for the war but later urged critics to "stand up" in support of its success before questioning whether Congress should authorize its continuation.
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President Donald Trump launched a conflict with Iran, which has become increasingly unpopular among Americans. A recent CNN/SSRS poll shows that 73% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the war, creating significant political challenges for Republican Party members ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. As fuel prices have surged, causing financial strain on American families, several Republican politicians facing tough races are distancing themselves from their initial support for the war. For instance, Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers, who initially backed the conflict as a necessary step toward peace in the Middle East, is now shifting his stance amid growing public disapproval.
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When President Donald Trump launched his failed, illegal war on Iran, Republicans quickly fell in line.
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Republicans → launch → line
Seven months later, the conflict seems primed to become the latest U.S. forever war.
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conflict → prim → ?
The resulting spikes in the prices of diesel and gas have put enormous pressure on American families who are paying more for basic necessities.
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who → result → necessities
A CNN/SSRS poll from this month shows that 73% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the war, underscoring how much of a political nightmare it has become for Republicans as the crucial midterm elections near.
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elections → show → Republicans
Coincidentally, several Republican politicians in tough races now want the war they once supported to end.
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they → want → races
Here’s what six of them said at the war’s start, and what they’re saying now:
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The day the war on Iran began in late February, Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers declared, “Iran is an imminent threat to our country and must not have a nuclear weapon.
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Iran → begin → weapon
May God bless our troops and our country on this mission for safety and justice.”
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The next day, he called it potentially “the biggest opportunity for peace in the Middle East that I’ve certainly seen in my lifetime.”
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I → call → lifetime
As the American public soured on the war, he scolded them.
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he → sour → them
“It is maddening to me,” Rogers said in March.
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Rogers → say → March
“We ought to stand up, shut up, stand up and say we want this thing to have a successful conclusion.
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thing → stand → conclusion
Then you want to debate it later?
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you → want → it
Let’s do that,” he said.
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he → do → that
When asked in late July if Trump should have authorization from Congress to continue the war, he doubled down saying, “I don’t mind giving the president authority to continue.
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I → ask → authority
You can’t stop in mid-negotiation.”
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