Ashley Hinson Urges Iran War End

Iowa GOP Senate candidate Ashley Hinson urged Trump to end the Iran war after backing his powers.

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Updated Sep 21, 4:41pm ET

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What happened

Iowa Republican Senate candidate Ashley Hinson called for an immediate end to the Iran war and urged cost relief for Iowans. She called for suspending the gas tax, pausing diesel exports, replenishing the highway trust fund and using other tools to lower prices. The shift follows her repeated votes against House measures that would have directed President Donald Trump to stop or limit U.S. involvement, including last week. It also comes as Iowa’s Senate race has moved from a Republican lean to a toss-up. Democratic opponent Josh Turek said Hinson had backed continuing the war seven times and was now following his lead. The race now tests whether the new message changes voters’ views.

How each side covered it

From the left

Left-leaning accounts cast Hinson’s move as a reversal by a candidate trying to escape her own record and Trump’s war burden. Raw Story framed it as Hinson hitting the “panic button” after downplaying the same concerns. New Republic emphasized her attempt to fault the war’s costs without naming Trump or her own voting history.

From the right

Only one right-leaning outlet we track covered this: Just the News, under the headline “Iowa Republican running for Senate calls on Trump to end Iran war”.

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