‘GOP mutiny’ reported as rising gas prices send Republicans into midterm panic

Surging gas prices amid the war in Iran have sent Republicans in a tailspin.

With midterms approaching, GOP lawmakers have growing concerns over how voters will respond at the polls, according to The Swamp, The Daily Beast’s Substack.

“GOP mutiny over rising gas prices,” The Swamp reported. “Republicans are panicking over prices at the pumps hurting their midterm prospects, with Rick Scott saying he doesn’t buy the administration’s claim that it’s a temporary spike.”

The MAGA senator said Wednesday that it will take the United States time to regain control over the Strait of Hormuz, where attacks have escalated in the channel and created an oil chokepoint for global trade.

“We want prices to come down. I think unfortunately, prices are going to be up for a while until this ends,” Scott told CNN.

He argued that prices could come down, despite growing concerns over affordability.

“The most important thing we can do right now, and our job right now, is we’d love to get gas prices back down but the most important thing is to destroy Iran’s ability to produce a nuclear weapon, destroy their military, their ballistic missile capability and hopefully we end up with a country that wants to work with the world community,” Scott said.

“We all want gas prices to come down,” he added. “Nobody wants gas prices higher. This president doesn’t want gas prices higher.”

Scott claimed that the U.S. had “no choice” but to enter the conflict and rising gas prices were now short-term problems.

The timing has been troubling for Republicans, who have admitted that increasing energy prices have created political anxiety with elections just months away, according to Politico.

Gas prices rose nearly 9 percent in the week after the bombing campaign began, with the national average for a gallon of regular gas hitting $3.25, according to AAA.