“As gas prices climb amid the conflict with Iran, some of President Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters say they’re willing to pay more at the pump if it means keeping Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon — even with the midterm elections just two weeks away,” Fox News reports, excitedly notifying readers that they were able to find “some” Trump rally attendees whom would willingly suborn their personal comfort to combat the theoretical threat of an Iranian nuclear attack.
“If you’re really a good American, you’ll be thinking not for yourself or how much you’re spending for gas. But what life is going to be like for your children, your grandchildren and great-grandchildren,” one unnamed voter told Fox on Tuesday evening outside of the Trump-headlined rally for former RNC chair Mike Whatley’s Senate bid against Dem former Governor Roy Cooper. “What will they grow up to? You have to keep those people in the political regime in Iran without a nuclear weapon. If we don’t do something now, isn’t that worth paying another dollar a gallon?” the voter continued, the confusing double-negative rhetorical question clearly meant to be profound.
Two years ago this month Congressman Jim Jordan cited the increasing price of Halloween candy as a reason to return to power the president who had incited a deadly insurrection.