Sen. Jon Husted became the latest battleground Republican this week to call for a quick end to the Iran war, as panic grows over how high gas prices and President Donald Trump\u2019s agenda could imperil the party\u2019s chances in November.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe war needs to come to an end as quickly as possible so that we can lower gas prices,\u201d the Ohio senator told POLITICO, in his furthest comments yet on the matter.<\/p>\n
Coming after Iowa Senate nominee Ashley Hinson, who broke from Trump over the war on Monday<\/a>, and Michigan Senate nominee Mike Rogers<\/a>, who followed suit hours later, Husted\u2019s comments are another example of the pressure he and other Republicans are under to address prices at the pump. Several candidates are creating some distance from Trump, as voters continue to blame the president<\/a> for the current economy and the Iran conflict for high costs of living.<\/p>\n Husted said in the interview that he still thinks Iran needs to reach a deal with Trump to end the conflict, but added: \u201cI don\u2019t know anybody that doesn\u2019t want the war to come to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n He has a finer line to walk with Trump in his state, and Republicans close to him say he can\u2019t and won’t completely break with the president. Husted does not plan to support the Democratic-led war powers resolution when it comes up for a vote in the Senate this week, a spokesperson said. And Trump and Vice President JD Vance are expected to visit the state in the coming weeks to shore up his campaign and drive GOP turnout.<\/p>\n Husted is staring down a tight race against former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, where millions in spending and recent polling have put Brown slightly ahead. Top Hill Republicans and Senate GOP operatives have said the Ohio Senate race<\/a> is among their primary concerns in the battle to keep control of the chamber.<\/p>\n But Ohio is just one in a series of battlegrounds where rising gas prices have become a defining issue. Beyond Hinson and Rogers, a growing number of Republicans are starting to call for emergency actions like a diesel export ban to lower gas prices, including Iowa GOP Reps. Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks.<\/p>\n \u201cHinson broke the dam,\u201d said one GOP operative, who was granted anonymity to discuss private conversations.<\/p>\n Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), who is locked in an incredibly competitive race, called Tuesday for a diesel export ban to provide voters relief. He didn\u2019t mention the Iran war.<\/p>\n The panic is being felt most acutely in the Midwest, as high gas and diesel prices and Trump\u2019s tariffs hammer families, truckers and farmers just a few weeks ahead of the peak harvest season with no relief in sight.<\/p>\n By Sunday night, Rogers had filmed an ad at a grocery store decrying high prices and, straight to camera, breaking with Trump to call for an end to the Iran war, according to two Republicans involved in the matter, granted anonymity to discuss internal conversations.<\/p>\n Rogers\u2019 team was putting the finishing touches on the ad Monday morning when Hinson posted her break with Trump over the war directly on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cThe war\u2019s just gone on too long. Mike still thinks Iran shouldn\u2019t have a nuclear weapon, but we originally thought this would take six weeks,\u201d said one person with direct knowledge of the conversations in Rogers\u2019 camp about the move. \u201cVoters have been paying for it at their kitchen tables for too long.\u201d<\/p>\n Michigan\u2019s GOP nominee for governor, Rep. John James, also said Tuesday the Iran war needs to end \u201cquickly.\u201d And Rep. Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin\u2019s GOP governor nominee, said<\/a> Tuesday he believes \u201cwe should be exiting Iran, that it\u2019s time to move on, we\u2019ve degraded their nuclear facilities, we\u2019ve degraded their military \u2026 time to come home, take care of business here in America.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump, for his part, told reporters Tuesday that he asked his team to consider a diesel export ban, and that his administration is mulling it.<\/p>\n But the move is rife with internal GOP fighting behind the scenes: Trump\u2019s team is getting an earful from GOP lawmakers in oil states who oppose the move, according to four people with direct knowledge of the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss private conversations. That makes any decision before the midterms highly problematic with at least one corner of the party.<\/p>\n Both the top House GOP leaders \u2014 Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise \u2014 have opposed similar measures from the past to protect their oil state of Louisiana. The Texas GOP delegation is also \u201cstrongly opposed,\u201d according to another Republican.<\/p>\n Husted told POLITICO on Tuesday that he supports his state legislature suspending Ohio\u2019s gas tax for a period. Democrat Amy Acton, who is running for governor, called for a gas tax suspension Monday<\/a>. Her GOP opponent Vivek Ramaswamy and a broader swath of Republicans called for the state legislature to convene<\/a> and pass legislation to suspend the state\u2019s gas tax hours later.<\/p>\n \u201cI think in the long run we are going to have lower gas prices,\u201d Husted said, citing the war in Ukraine as a factor for spiking diesel costs as well as the war with Iran. \u201cIt’s taking longer than any of us wish it would. So in the interim, while those things are concluding, the idea of providing relief from the gas tax for Ohioans for a short period of time is a reasonable thing for Governor [Mike] DeWine to consider.\u201d<\/p> This post<\/a> was originally published on this site<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sen. 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