In group chats and meetings, Republicans are privately petrified the Iran war could cost them the midterms

There's a growing unease among Republicans that Trump’s prolonged war with Iran and rising gas prices could drag down the GOP in the November midterm elections.

WASHINGTON — Few Republican lawmakers said anything publicly about President Donald Trump’s startling social media post last week warning Iran that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” but privately, in a large text chat, a group of them read his threat with alarm.

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