Retired Lt. Col. running for Congress backs Trump Iran strategy: 'He's ending a 47-year conflict'

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Dave Flippo knows a point aliases 2 astir winning a fight. During his subject profession he deployed astir nan world, including serving arsenic a attraction and logistics serviceman successful Iraq during nan lead up to nan 2003 invasion. Currently, he's locked successful a reliable conflict successful a Republican-leaning unfastened plaything territory comprising an tremendous chunk of bluish Nevada.

Nevada whitethorn beryllium nan champion bellwether authorities westbound of nan Mississippi. It's a hotly contested authorities pinch a booming system and an exploding organization marked by a acquainted taxable successful politics: a stark disagreement betwixt its agrarian and municipality populations.

WASHINGTON - MAY 23: David Flippo, past a Republican campaigner for Nevada's 4th Congressional district, speaks to Republicans gathered for nan Freedom Rally and Candidate Roundup astatine nan Ahern Hotel successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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Trump won Nevada by a humble separator successful 2024, and Governor Joe Lombardo defeated a Democrat incumbent successful 2022. Yet 3 of its 4 legislature districts are blue, arsenic are some of its Senate seats. The Democrats clasp some chambers of nan authorities legislature by ample margins.

Flippo won nan Republican information contempt having a well-known establishment-backed superior force successful nan Nevada legislature:

"Well, up successful nan north, it's an R+7 district, and Trump won that territory by 14. It's a blimpish district. And moving against nan constitution versus a blimpish campaigner who had been endorsed by Turning Point, Club for Growth, President Trump endorsed me. Obviously, nan blimpish group successful nan bluish Nevada area wanted a blimpish successful this seat."

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo speaks during a ceremonial groundbreaking for nan $1.75 billion, 33,000-seat domed stadium for Major League Baseball's Athletics connected June 23, 2025, successful Las Vegas, Nevada. The ballpark is being built connected 9 acres of nan 35-acre erstwhile tract of nan Tropicana Las Vegas, which was imploded successful October 2024. The A's expect to person nan ballpark fresh for Opening Day successful 2028.  (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Having ne'er held elected office, Flippo presents his newcomer position arsenic an advantage, alternatively than a liability:

"I hit nan establishment. I deliberation group are tired of nan constitution politicians, nan politicians that…are location conscionable to beryllium a moderate, beryllium that mediate ground. I deliberation we request fighters successful Congress. 

"I deliberation we request group successful Congress that are fresh to guidelines up, guidelines up for nan American people, and present successful Nevada, guidelines up for Nevadans."

Flippo spent overmuch of his subject profession successful nan Middle East. He argues that Trump's Iran argumentation is ending a war, not starting one:

"What President Trump is doing pinch nan Strait of Hormuz and Iran, this has been a 47-year conflict. Some successful nan media person been saying that Trump is starting a everlastingly war, but successful my opinion, he's ending it. 

"Most each of my profession was successful nan Middle East, fighting because of Iran and what they're doing pinch Israel and pinch Hezbollah and Hamas and nan Houthis. What Iran has done is over, and things are going to change, and President Trump sees that.

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"I afloat support what President Trump is doing. We request to unfastened up nan strait, it needs to beryllium a clear waterway. We request nan travel of lipid to commencement again."

The voters of bluish Nevada want a law conservative, Flippo argues, and he is prepared to present results connected budgetary issues, arsenic nan exploding nationalist indebtedness approaches $40 trillion.

"We person to get to a balanced budget. We person to get this shortage nether control. What are we, $39 trillion successful indebtedness now and it keeps climbing? Something has to beryllium done. We person to extremity spending money that we don't have. 

"We request to extremity expanding government. And that's what's been happening complete nan years. We conscionable support expanding and expanding. You know, I'm a law conservative: authorities has 4 purposes and if you spell beyond those 4 purposes, it belongs to nan states. 

"And nan authorities has taken connected truthful overmuch now that we conscionable support getting much and much successful debt. And it's clip that we person representatives successful Congress that are fresh to extremity that."

Illegal migration is simply a signature rumor for Flippo, who paints nan problem successful economical terms, and is concerned astir its effect connected a assortment of pressing nationalist argumentation issues.

"lllegal migration is simply a problem successful nan United States. And if you look astatine what's happened successful nan past six years nether Biden and nan unfastened borders policies and nan 20 to 30 cardinal group that were allowed to travel in, what has that done? It's caused lodging costs to spell up. 

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"That's a proviso and request issue. 20 cardinal people. That's 20 cities nan size of Las Vegas, right? What does that mean? That intends each those schools, nan constabulary departments, nan occurrence departments, each those societal work programs. All that has to beryllium paid for by taxation dollars, by taxpayers. 20 cities nan size of Las Vegas, 40 cities nan size of Reno. That's a lot. That's a batch to inquire for nan taxpayers to travel successful each astatine once."

While nan territory leans Republican, nan Democrats judge they person fielded a formidable campaigner successful erstwhile Nevada Assembly Majority Leader Teresa Benitez-Thompson. Flippo is not taking thing for granted, but believes nan opposition betwixt his blimpish outlook and her left-wing voting grounds will play to his advantage.

RENO, NV - APRIL 4: The downtown skyline featuring nan Eldorado, Silver Legacy and Circus Circus Hotels and Casinos, now owned and managed by Caesars Entertainment, is viewed from a adjacent hilltop looking eastbound connected April 4, 2022, successful Reno, Nevada. Reno, located successful nan northwest area of Nevada astatine nan junctions of Interstate 80 and Highway 395, continues to struggle from nan effects of a lodging roar and migration, a superior bum population, Covid-19, and nan effect of Indian gaming successful California, which has placed a awesome load connected Reno's entertainment, recreation, nutrient work and accommodations business sectors, peculiarly successful nan downtown area. (George Rose/Getty Images)

"She's a large authorities [supporter], large spender. She's voted to raise taxes 12 times present successful Nevada. She voted for nan largest taxation summation successful Nevada's history. She voted for Planned Parenthood funding. She voted for drivers licenses for illegals. I mean, she has a voting grounds that she says she's very proud of. And I don't judge that's thing to beryllium proud of."

Finally, Flippo believes that Trump's support is simply a nett plus successful his district, and believes that support, on pinch nan backing of Gov. Lombardo, will transportation a batch of weight.

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"My territory successful bluish Nevada, District 2, is an R+7 that Trump won by 14. So Trump evidently carries immoderate weight successful bluish Nevada. It's a blimpish portion of this state, which is different than nan confederate part. 

"Getting connected a squad pinch nan politician being united, getting nan ballot retired is going to beryllium critical. And having Trump connected my broadside up successful nan northbound is going to beryllium a immense facet successful winning this."