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How Trump’s ‘little detour’ to Iran became a roadblock in the midterm elections

ABC News: Top Stories·about 10 hours ago
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WASHINGTON -- Noor Dubow says he regularly votes for Republican candidates who he believes align with his economic views — even though he's never been a fan of Donald Trump , finding himself repelled by some of the president's dehumanizing rhetoric toward immigrants.

But this year, when Dubow cast his early ballot in the midterm election , he found himself tipping more toward Democrats because of his frustration with Trump's decision to go to war with Iran.

“Where are the Republicans in Congress?” asked Dubow, 44, a dispatcher at a trucking logistics firm in Columbus, Ohio, where he has a bird's eye view of the disruption that surging fuel prices are having on the economy. "Why aren't the Republicans holding Trump accountable?”

The Iran war, which Trump often describes as a “little detour,” has emerged as an unforced liability for the president, who once promised to keep the U.S. out of foreign wars.…

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