Vance blames Iran war for midterm wipeout

4 November, 10:52 PM
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JD Vance (Photo: Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS)

JD Vance (Photo: Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS)

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said the U.S.–Israeli war against Iran was the primary cause for the stunning midterms defeat suffered by the GOP in several states, the AP reported on Nov. 4, the next day after the elections.

“The reason we lost is the war [against Iran],” Vance wrote in a Twitter post.

“If you’d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that’s at least honest.”

According to the AP, the vice president appeared to be distancing himself from the midterm election results, which are “seen as a referendum on Trump that featured big Republican losses across the country.”

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The United States held congressional midterm elections Nov. 3. Democrats won a decisive victory over Republicans, allowing them to take control of both chambers of Congress. Democrats were expected to win at least 54 of the Senate’s 100 seats, compared with 42 for Republicans. In the House, Democrats were projected to win at least 228 of 435 seats, compared with 139 for Republicans.

The Financial Times wrote on Nov. 4 that the Republican Party’s midterm defeat demonstrated Americans’ decisive rejection of Trump, his allies and the agenda for his second term.

Key states and districts that had long been battlegrounds easily shifted back to the Democrats, while Republicans suffered a devastating defeat on their home turf — in the deeply conservative regions of the South and rural America, where they had previously appeared invulnerable, the FT said.

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