Republican Senator Says War Is More Important Than Your Pocketbook
Source: The New Republic
April 14, 2026 / 11:42 a.m. ET
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.
Marshall doubled down when asked how long Americans would be paying higher energy costs, saying, “I think back to my grandparents and their generation that served in World War II.”
“Could you imagine trying to tell the president, ‘Look, you only got so many days to defeat Hitler or defeat Japan?’ We have to do it till we get the outcome that we want. I hope it’s weeks and not months, but at the end of the day, Americans are going to be safer,” Marshall said.
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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."
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I know you served 7 years in the Army Reserves, but never in combat, so, here's my proposal,
go volunteer for combat duty in the Gulf then, and only then, can you endorse sending young service members into combat in Iran, otherwise, shut your fucking pie hole.
Let's compare your time in service compared to mine and many other DU members:
I served 35 years as an active duty Marine, 3 combat tours, 2 in Vietnam, 1 in Desert Shield/Desert Storm, I was wounded twice in Vietnam but still returned to full fill my 2 tours.
What danger did you face in peace time?
You are nothing more than a fucking Chicken Hawk who's willing to send our sons and daughters into actual combat all the while collecting a paycheck from the people of America.
Master Gunnery Sargeant Dware (Ret.)
USMC- 1964-1999.
Semper Fi.
Fuck off you piece of shit.
Nothing pisses me off more than some fucking chicken hawk who is willing to send my sisters and brothers in arms into harm's way all the while sitting behind a desk, collecting a paycheck courtesy of the American people who never served a day in his life in combat facing a determined foe.
They have been playing over and over in my head.
"You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction"
and those that didn't believe that he would do exactly what he said he would do.
un-fucking-believable 