Ron DeSantis Gets Honest About Iran War. Why Can’t Other Republicans Do The Same?

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has broken with most of his fellow Republicans by openly conceding that the war with Iran is hurting ordinary Americans' finances and that the pain stems from a poorly executed military operation. Daily Caller editor at large John Loftus argues that few in the party have been willing to say so plainly, even as they hold power on the day of the midterm elections.

Loftus draws a comparison to the Biden years, when the president, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and White House economic advisers kept telling the public that surging post-pandemic inflation would fade, citing the Inflation Reduction Act. Voters did not accept that message, he writes, because they could see grocery, gasoline and utility costs climbing for themselves. Republicans spent that period attacking the administration for misleading people about prices.

According to Loftus, the GOP now faces a mirror-image problem. The conflict with Iran has driven costs up further, and he says shipping expenses worldwide look set to stay elevated. In his view, Republicans who dodge that reality risk repeating the credibility problem that Democrats had heading into the 2022 midterms.

Summarized by PolitiKool from Daily Caller’s reporting. Read the full story at Daily Caller →