Republicans worry Trump’s warn in Iran could cost them in midterms | CNN Politics

Some Republicans are growing impatient with President Donald Trump’s war in Iran as it stretches to nearly six months and threatens to further imperil their chances in the midterms. But in the most competitive House and Senate races, vulnerable Republicans are largely standing behind him, gambling that voters can stomach the economic pain of the war for national security. “Let’s deal with this now, and let’s get it done,” Rep. Zach Nunn of Iowa, a combat veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, told reporters Monday in his state, painting a contrast with Democrats who, he said, are advocating for “just giving up.” It is a central tension in the midterms, when the GOP is defending a thin House majority and hoping to keep its Senate majority too. Poll after poll shows the war is unpopular, but Republicans are reluctant to publicly break with a president who remains popular inside their party. “There is one person in this country who doesn’t care about gas prices — just one — and unfortunately that one person kind of controls our fate,” said Barrett Marson, a Republican strategist in Arizona. “For Republicans, it is a balancing act on the thinnest of wires