Voters in a key Pennsylvania swing district weigh in on Trump, gas prices and Iran war

Many voters in Millersburg said they supported Trump on the war.

“I think we got to do what we got to do to keep this country safe, so and if it means paying a little bit more in gas right now to keep everybody safe, then that’s what we got to do, and eventually they’ll come back down,” said 52-year-old Kim Schaffner of Dalmatia, who lives just outside the 10th District in Republican Rep. Dan Meuser’s turf.

She said she’ll be showing up at the polls in November and voting Republican.

Kim Schaffner is seen from inside her car windowKim Schaffner.Hannah Beier for NBC News

Jim Matter, 69, of Halifax, where Trump won 75% of the vote in 2024, said he thinks the war with Iran is worth the spike in gas prices.

“Long run, is going to help us out, because if they get nuclear weapons, we might not even be here in a couple years,” he said, adding that he

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