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GOP Senate Candidate on Rising Gas Prices: 'Maybe You Take One Less Trip to Starbucks'
Michele Tafoya links gas price surge to Iran conflict and urges reduced consumer trips as a form of patriotic support, highlighting energy cost impact on middle-class families.
- On March 19, 2026, Michele Tafoya urged Americans to take one less trip to Starbucks to help with rising gas prices amid the Iran conflict, saying, 'Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks, so that gas goes a little further.'
- The military operation that began February 28, plus attacks and Strait of Hormuz restrictions, have pushed national retail diesel averages above $5 this week.
- Tafoya, a former NBC reporter and Senate hopeful, said on The Todd Starnes Radio Show earlier this week that her campaign has NRSC backing as she vies for Minnesota’s open seat.
- Supporters portrayed the suggestion as a civic sacrifice, with Tafoya saying, 'During past wars, especially World War II, Americans got behind our servicemen and women, and we did little things to show our support for them,' urging Americans to 'be patriots.'
- The Pentagon told Congress the first week of the Iran war cost $11.3 billion, while President Donald Trump acknowledged rising gas prices and considered seizing the strait by force.
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