‘Nobody believes you!’ Megapastor utterly destroys GOP senator’s wild gas price excuses

Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican, blamed Ukraine's war with Russia rather than the American conflict with Iran for the surge in diesel prices during a Wednesday debate. The stance puts him in step with President Donald Trump, who says Ukrainian attacks on Moscow refineries are pushing up fuel costs and has floated buying Russian diesel. Marshall conceded that such a purchase does not sound like a great idea, but said he would support it if it drew Russia into negotiations and ended the fighting, according to The Independent.

His Democratic challenger, Adam Hamilton, countered that no one believes Ukraine is at fault and accused the senator of abandoning an ally. Hamilton, who founded and leads the largest United Methodist church in the country, has tied expensive fuel to what he calls an unnecessary Iran war begun by Trump. AAA figures show diesel at $6. 32 a gallon this week, up from $3. 62 a year earlier, a burden for Kansas farmers. Hamilton wants federal fuel taxes suspended temporarily and says he would press Trump to stop the war. Marshall wants a quick end but made no promise to compel one.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →