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So, has Tom Tiffany voted five times against ending the Iran war?
Yes.
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany voted against five House resolutions directing President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran.
Tiffany, the Republican candidate for governor, voted as follows:
- March 5: Nay on House Concurrent Resolution 38.
- April 16: Nay on House Concurrent Resolution 40.
- May 14: Nay on House Concurrent Resolution 75.
- June 3: Nay on House Concurrent Resolution 86.
- July 23: Nay on House Concurrent Resolution 89.
Tiffany was not present to vote on a Sept. 15 war resolution that came three days after he survived an emergency landing of a plane carrying him from a campaign event.
Tiffany said during a May 14 podcast appearance that it was time to “wrap up” the conflict in Iran. He said on Sept. 22 that his past no votes were because the president already has the authority to exit the war.
See Chris Mueller, Has Tom Tiffany voted five times against ending the Iran war?, Wisconsin Watch, September 30, 2026.
Tiffany’s reasoning behind his five votes is that, because Trump could end the war, Tiffany has no responsibility to say that the war should end. If a man could stop robbing banks, that’s no reason to refrain from demanding that he should stop knocking them off. Under Tiffany’s reasoning, the ability of a person to stop his own destructive behavior precludes anyone else from intervening — even through a lawful vote — to stop that destruction.
Tiffany’s explanation confirms the worst about his approach to Trump: he’s incapable of telling Trump to stop in any situation where Trump is determined to keep going. Tiffany might just as well turn his congressional district over to Trump’s representation for all the difference it makes. If elected governor, Tiffany will do the same for the governor’s mansion, turning it over as if it were a cottage for Donald J. Trump’s personal use, littering it with the same vulgar decor that Trump prefers elsewhere.
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