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‘Midterms were lost when Trump started the war and then refused to finish it’: Tiana Lowe Doescher

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Miller, B. (2026, November 5). ‘Midterms were lost when Trump started the war and then refused to finish it’: Tiana Lowe Doescher. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/4793927/midterms-lost-trump-started-war-refused-finish-tiana-lowe-doescher/

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Tiana Lowe Doescher, a Washington Examiner economics columnist, appeared on Newsmax’s The Right Squad to discuss President Donald Trump's handling of the war in Iran and its impact on midterm election results. She argued that Trump's failure to conclude the conflict, rather than the war itself, contributed to economic instability and influenced voter sentiment during the midterms.

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Tiana Lowe Doescher, a Washington Examiner economics columnist, argued on Newsmax's The Right Squad that President Donald Trump did not lose the midterm elections due to the war in Iran itself but because he failed to end it. This failure led to economic instability across the U.S., according to Doescher. She stated, "The midterms were not lost because of Iran," emphasizing that the inability to conclude the conflict contributed significantly to Trump's loss in the midterm elections.

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