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Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez Slams Eli Crane Over Gas Prices: “Crane Is Afraid To Stand Up For Us”

Nez cites Crane’s repeated votes to continue reckless forever war in Iran

AZ-02 candidate and former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is blasting Republican rubberstamp Eli Crane for repeatedly voting for the reckless war in Iran that’s raising Arizonans’ gas prices.

REMINDER: Yesterday marked 8 months of the costly Iran War, which has cost Arizona families an average $605 per household. Crane’s forever war is leading to higher prices at the gas pump, grocery store, and for Arizona’s farmers and ranchers.

Read President Nez’s op-ed for yourself:

Arizona Daily Independent: Jonathan Nez: Enough is Enough at the Gas Pump

  • Today I filled up my truck with gas. $138.75. I hear some f-bombs being hurled on the other side of the pump.
  • These fuel prices are getting out of hand.
  • I live in Northern Arizona about 130 miles from my ranch. With fuel prices soaring, I’ve had to think twice about every trip I make to haul supplies out there.
  • I’m fiscally responsible. I believe in living within your means and making your money work for you. But when a tank of gas and diesel costs this much, enough is enough.
  • Just a year ago, the diesel average was $3.70 a gallon. Today, it is over $6.05. The same 25-gallon tank that cost $92 last year now costs more than $160.
  • Washington’s war with Iran is making life more expensive for American families.
  • I expect more from Congressman Eli Crane, and you should too.
  • Crane has had every chance to end this costly war. Six times, he voted to keep it going, leaving us to pay the price. 
  • That isn’t lawmaking, it’s cowardice. And Crane is afraid to stand up for us.
  • Arizona needs someone willing to say enough is enough when Washington policies make life harder for working families.
  • Crane has had his chance. It’s time for new leadership.

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