These desperate Republicans are jumping Trump's Iran war ship
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“The war with Iran needs to end and end quickly.”These were the unexpected words spoken Monday by former congressman and current Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, who The Nation’s Jeet Heer has described as “not just an ardent supporter of this particular war but, more generally, a mega-hawk who has pushed for war with Iran for more than 20 years.”Why the sudden change? Rogers said that if the war ends, “energy costs will plummet…but Michigan families can’t afford to wait for that to happen. We need to do something now.”Rogers’ sudden economic concern and antiwar stance might h
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