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[MinorityRepublican]

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., floated using a government shutdown to get President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran during an interview on Thursday, after announcing he would challenge Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for the incoming Majority Leader position.

Van Hollen was asked multiple times during an MS NOW interview how he would be different from Schumer as leader. The senator pointed to ending the war in Iran.

"Well, the difference is, I believe we need to be firm," he said. "I think that we heard loud and clear from the American people that they want to end the war in Iran and bring down prices. We shouldn't say we're going to wait until January when we have the power to do it on Dec. 11. And so, this should not be a finger in the wind issue. This should not be sort of frittering around. This should not be a question of timidity. We need to answer the call of the American people, end the war, bring down prices, do it now. Not a penny, not a penny to fuel this war."

Congress will need to fund the government by Dec. 11 to avoid a shutdown. MS NOW's Jen Psaki asked Van Hollen if Trump would be "forced" to end the war because Congress couldn't do it unilaterally.

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[Nervous Tick]

Headline and article don’t match

[ClearCase_guy]

"I think that we heard loud and clear from the American people that they want to end the war in Iran

If you want to tell me that people were upset about fuel prices, and blamed the war in Iran, I would understand. But gas in my town in currently under $4/gallon. That just isn't expensive. In any particular year, people would shrug off that price as not burdensome.

The war itself? We aren't seeing hundreds of bodies come home. We aren't losing ships or planes. It's a standoff and a financial siege which is not impacting this country in any big way.

The media SAYS people hate the war. But I believe that entire feeling is manufactured by the media.

[af_vet_1981]

Allegations of a third affair emerge with a second nvidia employee. The man is a regular Bill Clinton. Impeach him now.

Oh, … wait …

[stanne]

Headline and story don’t match

“The war itself? We aren’t seeing hundreds of bodies come home. We aren’t losing ships or planes. It’s a standoff and a financial siege which is not impacting this country in any big way.

The media SAYS people hate the war. But I believe that entire feeling is manufactured by the media.”

We aren’t seeing hundreds of bodies come home.

Oh geeze. Can you tell us how many casualties in the past six months? No one pretending to care about this can

It is zero. Less than casualties among active duty in accidents.

The media SAYS people hate the warBut I believe that entire feeling is manufactured by the media.

You think?

They are broadcasting it. They are going after every issue BUT the Iran war- which Congress never had power over
They are going after everything BUT gas price

What will it take for people to think and put a story together outside of the media?

[Bobbyvotes]

IQ higher than body temp.