Bedford said some Republican leaders want to shift to “affordability messaging” rather than the Iran conflict ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
said Wednesday that some Republican leaders want to shift to “affordability messaging” rather than the Iran conflict ahead of the The United States is almost two weeks into Operation Epic Fury, its joint military operation with Israel in Iran, and President Donald Trump said at the start of the conflict that.
Bedford highlighted that some Republicans, such as Sen. Lindsey Graham , are actively in favor of the U.S. involvement in this operation, but there is still “a lot of hesitance, risk aversion” among Republicans about the conflict being unpopular with Trump.Senate GOP uses James Talarico's words against him with deepfake attack ad “You had Thune, Johnson , other party leaders who really wanted to see a pivot to affordability messaging and things like that ahead of the midterms,” Bedford said on the. “They don’t want something that, one, takes the focus off of that messaging, but also might actively hurt, sort of, conditions on the ground for voters, if you see prices at the pump going up, if you see inflation go up as a result of the war.” “So most Republicans are really approaching this with skepticism over their political fears,” Bedford said. She also said Republicans are “overall” trying to “play it safe on winnable fights.” She added that the steps they are taking include pushing a bipartisan housing bill in the Senate and funding theTrump is dealing with polling data showing a lack of support for U.S. involvement in Iran, with one poll on Monday showing that. The poll also said 74% of voters oppose sending U.S. ground troops into Iran, and 55% didn’t think Iran posed an imminent military threat to the U.S. before Operation Epic Fury began.
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