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Two GOP Senate candidates endorsed by Donald Trump have called for an end to the war in Iran as they face contentious races in November.
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The Republicans' anti-war sentiments came as some pollsters claim the Democrats can take back the Senate, as well as the House, if they sweep key swing states.
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Michigan Republican Mike Rogers, who is facing a close battle with left-wing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, broke with Trump on the war in a new campaign ad.
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Michigan families are struggling with the price of everyday life.
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Groceries cost too much.
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We have to bring prices down,' Rogers said.
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'The war with Iran needs to end, and end quickly.
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When it does, energy costs will plummet.'
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El-Sayed currently has a lead on Rogers, a former Congressman, in the polls, with a 2.1 point edge in the RealClearPolitics average.
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'The war in Iran needs to end to bring costs down — but Michigan families can't afford to wait,' Rogers wrote on social media.
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'Here's what we can do now: place a temporary embargo on Diesel exports.
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American energy should provide relief to American families first.'
El-Sayed was less than charitable in his social media response to Rogers' new ad.
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'You've spent your entire campaign supporting the war in Iran.
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Liar, coward, fraud,' he said.
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Michigan Republican nominee Mike Rogers (pictured) is facing a close battle with left-wing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and broke with Trump on the war in a new campaign ad
El-Sayed (pictured) currently has a lead on Rogers, a former Congressman, in the polls, with a 2.1 point edge in the RealClearPolitics average
Rogers wasn't the only Republican to disavow the war on Monday, however, as Iowa Senate nominee Ashley Hinson also called to end the conflict.
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Iowa hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 2008 but Hinson only leads Democrat Josh Turek by an average of 1.3 points, according to RealClearPolitics.
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'Iowans are being squeezed and shouldn't have to foot the bill at the pump or the checkout line for the war in Iran,' Hinson wrote on X.
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We need to use every option at our disposal to provide some relief from high prices.'
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She also pushed some possible alternatives to lower prices, including suspending the gas tax and creating a diesel relief program for farmers and truckers.
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'These actions to lower costs are needed ASAP, and the war needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end,' she added.
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Turek, an Iowa State Representative, called out Hinson for hypocrisy in a post of his own.
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'It's easy to send a tweet but when you had the chance to vote to end this war, you chose not to,' Turek said.
'You voted seven times to continue it, including just last week.
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It's time to actually end the forever wars and put Iowa and Iowans first.'
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Rogers wasn't the only Republican to disavow the war on Monday, however, as Iowa Senate nominee Ashley Hinson (pictured) also called for it to stop
Opponent Josh Turek (pictured), an Iowa State Representative, called out Hinson for hypocrisy in a post of his own
'Glad you're finally following my lead after waffling on the proposals I put forward last week to address the rising costs of the war in Iran.'
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The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House for comment.
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In a Daily Mail/JL Partners poll earlier this month, nearly half of US voters, or 49 percent, said they believe Trump was wrong to launch military action in Iran earlier this year.
The poll also found that Americans continue to hold dismal views of the war with Iran.
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Just 25 percent of voters said they believe the US is 'winning' the war, according to the survey.
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Support was split among party lines, however - with 52 percent of Republicans saying they believe the US is winning the war, compared to just 11 percent of Democrats and 13 percent of independent voters.
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A total of 42 percent of voters - more than four in ten - said they believe Trump is 'most responsible' for the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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A much smaller 17 percent of voters blamed the Iranian government, while 9 percent blamed former US administrations.
Donald Trump stands with Rogers, as Trump delivers remarks on the economy, at the General Motors Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan in June
In a Daily Mail/JL Partners poll earlier this month, nearly half of US voters, or 49 percent, said they believe Trump was wrong to launch military action in Iran earlier this year
Americans said they would rather fork over more money for gas than send extra American troops to Iran
An eye-popping 46 percent of US voters said they would rather pay $5 per gallon gas prices than send more troops to Iran, compared to just 22 percent who said the opposite.
Among just Republicans, the split was nearly even - 38 percent preferred the higher gas costs, while 39 percent preferred sending more troops to Iran.
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