Michigan’s Republican nominee for governor, Rep. John James, told reporters on Tuesday that “we need to end this war quickly. Because war is terrible, and no one likes war.”
Earlier this month, Republican Reps. Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who both are in the midst of close-fought reelection races in Iowa, cited concerns about the lack of a clear plan to end the conflict after voting for the first time in favor of a resolution to constrict Trump’s ability to continue military action in Iran without congressional approval.
“With the negotiating window closed, sustained combat operations now require congressional authorization,” Nunn, an Air Force combat veteran and colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, said in a statement. “Having deployed multiple times and flown over 700 combat hours in the Middle East, I will not support another open-ended war.”
Miller-Meeks, who served for more than two decades in the U.S. Army, voiced a similar sentiment in a post on X—as well as referencing the conflict’s impact on gas prices. “I said it in March: the mission had to stay focused and limited, because Americans do not want another forever war,” she wrote. “I will not vote to keep our soldiers in an open-ended war, with Iowans paying too much at the pump.”