{"id":2598035,"date":"2026-05-02T12:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-war-is-us-taking-out-the-trash-tiana-lowe-doescher\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:52:03","slug":"iran-war-is-us-taking-out-the-trash-tiana-lowe-doescher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-war-is-us-taking-out-the-trash-tiana-lowe-doescher\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran war is &#8216;us taking out the trash&#8217;: Tiana Lowe Doescher\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-war-is-us-taking-out-the-trash-tiana-lowe-doescher%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2598035&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>tiana Lowe Doescher, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lol-hack-economist-paul-krugman-worries-gop-will-ruin-bidens-successful-governance\/\" title=\"Lol: Hack Economist Paul Krugman Worries GOP Will ...Ruin Biden\u2019s Successful Governance\u201d\">economics columnist<\/a> for the *Washington Examiner*, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under ..., Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">argued<\/a> on Fox News that the U.S.is acting against Iran for reasons tied to Iran-backed attacks-specifically citing the killing of 42 Americans by Iranian-funded Hamas on Oct. 7. She criticized Illinois Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh for downplaying the conflict\u2019s relevance and for characterizing U.S. actions as inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>The article contrasts this with Democrats\u2019 broader criticism of the Iran war, who say the U.S. should not be involved.It notes that both President Donald Trump and Iran have made peace proposals, and that Trump said the U.S. may pause further negotiations unless iran accepts an offer that benefits the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Abughazaleh\u2019s claim that seized vessels amounted to \u201cpiracy,\u201d Doescher said the ships targeted were sanctioned and therefore not piracy. the piece also mentions that Abughazaleh had generated controversy as political content creators entered politics, and that she lost the Illinois Democratic primary on March 17, before ending with Doescher\u2019s assertion that the U.S. is helping \u201cfor the rest of the world\u201d by confronting Iran.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> economics columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/tiana-lowe-doescher\/\">Tiana Lowe Doescher<\/a> argued that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\">United States<\/a> is \u201ctaking out the trash\u201d with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> war, and criticized Democratic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illinois\/\">Illinois<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">congressional<\/a> candidate Kat Abughazaleh for her stance on the conflict. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know Kat and her friends like to believe that this is Israel making us do this, but I think it\u2019s important to remember that the Iranian-funded <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\">Hamas<\/a> killed 42 Americans on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/october-7\/\">Oct. 7<\/a>,\u201d Doescher said on <em>Fox News at Night <\/em>on Friday. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4551501\/scott-jennings-tells-panelist-get-hand-out-of-my-face\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>CNN\u2019s Scott Jennings tells panelist to \u2018get your f***ing hand out of my face\u2019 during heated debate<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4550548\/gop-warning-on-iran-over-war-powers-deadline\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>GOP warns Trump over war powers deadline amid Iran standstill<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4546018\/solutions-save-special-relationship-us-uk\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Solutions to save the special relationship<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3508216&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=10455&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=4ad32ce7955fe9f58d942ed43bfd2372\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Democrats have grown critical of the war in Iran, arguing the U.S. should not be involved. President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Iran have both made <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4551276\/trump-rejects-iran-peace-proposal-do-not-know-leaders\/\">peace proposals<\/a>. Trump said Friday, however, that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4552355\/trump-us-better-off-no-iran-deal\/\">U.S. may hold off<\/a> on further negotiations unless Iran accepts a proposal that favors America.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Abughazaleh appeared on <em>CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip<\/em> on Thursday, where she said arguments should not be made about strategies in Iran because the war is irrelevant. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are we talking about the strategy of this? This isn\u2019t a legal war, this is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorism\/\">terrorism<\/a>,\u201d Abughazaleh said. \u201cWe are turning our military into pirates; we are seizing civilian vessels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doescher responded to Abughazelah, noting that \u201cthose ships that we are taking, those are sanctioned ships. This has nothing to do with piracy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4552381\/trump-compares-us-navy-to-pirates\/\"><strong>TRUMP JOKINGLY COMPARES US NAVY TO \u2018PIRATES\u2019 FOR SEIZING IRAN\u2019S OIL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abughazelah has been viewed with controversy as content creators <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4499049\/youtubers-influence-2026-house-races\/\">step into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bank-of-america-secretly-flagged-purchase-history-of-customers-and-sent-the-data-to-feds-after-capitol-riot\/\" title=\"Bank of America Secretly Flagged Purchase History of Customers and Sent the Data to Feds After Capitol Riot\">political world<\/a>.<\/a> She lost the Illinois <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-primary\/\">Democratic primary<\/a> on March 17.<\/p>\n<p>Doescher said this is \u201cus taking out the trash for the rest of the world, and you have to just hate America in order to not see that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doescher said the Iran war is \u201ctaking out the trash\u201d and criticized Abughazaleh\u2019s stance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2598036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iranwar.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[75205,4902,42350],"class_list":["post-2598035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-iran-war-2","tag-opinion","tag-tiana-lowe-doescher"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iranwar.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598035"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598039,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598035\/revisions\/2598039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}