The two-week temporary ceasefire has done little to quell GOP fears about the war in Iran costing the party seats in November.
Republicans are relieved over Trump’s steps toward reconciliation in Iran — but they worry the measures are too little, too late to save them from a brutal midterm election cycle.
Behind the public celebration by many Republicans of the temporary two-week ceasefire announcement, longtime party operatives continue to warn of a bleak political reality as the cost-of-living concerns around the war including spiking gas prices that are likely to continue for weeks if not longer even if the fragile ceasefire holds.
A person close to the White House, granted anonymity to speak candidly, put it bluntly.
“This war in Iran almost cements the fact that we lose the midterms in November — the Senate and House,” the person said.
I get that this is how politics works, that a certain amount of disassociation is part of the package, but holy shit how ghoulish is this.
If in the course of my job I inadvertently or intentionally caused the deaths of hundreds of schoolchildren, I’d like to think I wouldn’t then complain about the possibility of losing that job.
Imagine having so little regard for human life. I know there are a disproportionate number of sociopaths in government, but they can’t all be sociopaths, right? Some of them must just be racists, and some of them must be able to delude themselves that much, but still. What the fuck.