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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reports that Republicans are realizing they will face significant losses in the upcoming midterm elections due to the unresolved Iran conflict and the president's low polling numbers.
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“Beforehand, there was enough time for the Iran war to maybe come to an end, be buttoned up with some kind of conclusion, and then have enough weeks for gas prices to recalibrate. ” She added, “But the feeling right now is that we’re, what, 30 days out from the midterms, there’s no sign of the Iran war ending anytime soon, no sign of an off-ramp. So Republicans are kind of coming to the realization that this is not ending.
”that one House Republican even admitted, “We’re gonna get crushed. The only question is by how much. ” The lawmaker, who was granted anonymity, told MS NOW that these midterms are all about“And the president’s message has been, ‘Pretend like I’m on the ballot,’ right? ” Schnell said, adding: “That may be fine, well and good in a different election cycle where the president still knows how to turn out his voters and still has his grip.
But look at his polls. ” She noted, “He’s at record-low polling. So, they’re just sort of seeing that their strategies are not working, the environment that they’re in right now is not changing, which is leading them to believe — as that one Republican said — ‘We’re gonna get crushed. ’”“We’ve seen a few people move, especially over the last few weeks,” she said.
“So I guess over the next five weeks we will see potentially some more Republicans try to distance themselves from the president on issues that they view him as a liability on, like this Iran war. ”
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