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GOP Senators Air Concerns Over Impact of Iran War on Midterm Prospects

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Senate Republicans are getting swamped with voter complaints about Donald Trump’s interminable war on Iran less than 100 days out from November’s midterms. Trump, now 80, launched the conflict on Feb. 28, saying that it would last a matter of weeks. GOP senators spent the spring betting on a fast, contained campaign, and that its impact on pump prices would resolve well before the midterms. Half a year on, there is no end in sight. West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, who chairs the Senate Republican Policy Committee, said her phone has not stopped ringing. Constituents are most fed up with how long the conflict has now dragged on, she told NOTUS on Thursday . “They’re just wearing out on it,” she said. Read more at The Daily Beast.