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Miles Archer

(23,635 posts) Wed Apr 15, 2026, 02:00 PM Yesterday

Republican Senator Roger Marshall to the serfs & peasants: GRAMPY'S WAR "is even more important than your pocketbook"

As consumers struggle with high gas prices and the White House quietly concedes that relief probably won’t arrive anytime soon, congressional Republicans, especially those running for re-election in the fall, are trying to figure out what to say about the issue.

They should probably avoid following the example set by Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas. The New Republic noted:

Republican Senator Roger Marshall wants Americans to stop complaining about gas prices because they’re necessary for ‘national security.’

Speaking on Newsmax’s ‘Wake Up America’ Tuesday morning, Marshall was asked about the Iran war, and the Kansas politician was dismissive of its negative economic effects on the American people.

“I’m sorry the gas prices are going up, but help is on its way, and your national security, yes, is even more important than your pocketbook,” Marshall said.

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republican-senator-seeking-re-election-urges-public-to-stop-complaining-about-gas-prices

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Republican Senator Roger Marshall to the serfs & peasants: GRAMPY'S WAR "is even more important than your pocketbook" (Original Post) Miles Archer Yesterday OP

Rationing of bread, cereal, and water starts next week. magicarpet Yesterday #1

How out of touch, for an M.D.? dlilafae Yesterday #2

There is a remedy for this cretin, legally, Kansas citizens. Boomerproud Yesterday #3

Yes, he's up for reelection this November PghTiny Yesterday #4

I wonder if he gets a chunk of change from petro concerns ... struggle4progress Yesterday #5

MaddowBlog-Republican senator, seeking re-election, urges public to stop complaining about gas prices LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #6

magicarpet

(18,793 posts)

1. Rationing of bread, cereal, and water starts next week.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 02:20 PM

Yesterday

We must all sacrifice for the war cause.

Save your broken shoe laces and do a Kristi Noem by shoot your dog in the head so you no longer have to feed it. This will save you extraneous expenses and help the families tight budget. Be sure to buy war bonds.

dlilafae

(457 posts)

2. How out of touch, for an M.D.?

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 02:42 PM

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Roger, come back to Kansas, from your Florida residence. And, here's your list for focus: your constituents want ag workers to work the field, yet you support ICE. The rural areas are badly in need of broadband. The people need updated infrastructure in order to have clean drinking water. Your roads, bridges and rail system are in dire need of repairs. On economy, there is an immediate need for workplace and Medicare expansion. And senator, you promised to cut Federal spending. I ask you, why are we at war? And, why are you so hellbent in funding the Industrial Complex? And really, why are you representing Kansas? You seem so cold, calloused and out of touch in regard to the needs of the people you are elected to SERVE.

Boomerproud

(9,318 posts)

3. There is a remedy for this cretin, legally, Kansas citizens.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 03:25 PM

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PghTiny

(303 posts)

4. Yes, he's up for reelection this November

Reply to Boomerproud (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 03:59 PM

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Time to vote this quack out of office

struggle4progress

(126,383 posts)

5. I wonder if he gets a chunk of change from petro concerns ...

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Wed Apr 15, 2026, 04:17 PM

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https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/roger-marshall/summary?cid=N00037034

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,559 posts)

6. MaddowBlog-Republican senator, seeking re-election, urges public to stop complaining about gas prices

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 06:58 PM

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As GOP officials figure out what to say about prices at the pump, they should probably not follow Roger Marshall’s example.

Republican Sen. Roger Marshall, whoâ€™s up for re-election in Kansas, wants consumers to stop complaining about high gas prices because Trump needed to address Iranâ€™s nuclear weapons ...

... which might make more sense, were it not for the inconvenient fact that Iran didnâ€™t have nuclear weapons.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-15T17:02:42.965Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republican-senator-seeking-re-election-urges-public-to-stop-complaining-about-gas-prices

They should probably avoid following the example set by Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas. The New Republic noted:

Republican Senator Roger Marshall wants Americans to stop complaining about gas prices because they’re necessary for ‘national security.’

Speaking on Newsmax’s ‘Wake Up America’ Tuesday morning, Marshall was asked about the Iran war, and the Kansas politician was dismissive of its negative economic effects on the American people.

“I’m sorry the gas prices are going up, but help is on its way, and your national security, yes, is even more important than your pocketbook,” Marshall said.

Sen. Roger Marshall: "I'm sorry that gas prices are going up, but help is on the way, and your national security is even more important than your pocketbook."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-14T12:15:12.895Z

.....Joseph Cirincione, the vice chair of the Center for International Policy and a longtime expert on nuclear policy, recently told MS NOW that even if Iran could have developed material to use in a nuclear weapon, that would be the first of multiple, time-consuming steps — steps that officials in Tehran had not yet taken before the American president launched this war of choice.

The day the war began, The New York Times reported:

He was not driven by an immediate threat. There was no race for a bomb. Iran is further from the capability to build a nuclear weapon today than it has been in several years, thanks largely to the success of the president’s previous strike on Iranian nuclear enrichment sites, in June.

While Mr. Trump claimed Tehran was ultimately aiming to reach to the United States with its array of missiles, even his own Defense Intelligence Agency concluded last year that it would be a decade before Iran could get past the technological and production hurdles to produce a significant arsenal.

With this in mind, the question is why the hapless junior senator from the great state of Kansas is so confused. It’s plausible to make a case that national security is more important than temporary hits to American wallets, but is Marshall prepared to make the case that illusory national security challenges are more important than consumers’ pocketbooks? Is this the message he’ll be emphasizing in the run-up to Election Day 2026?

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