Republicans' election defeat is due to the war with Iran - Vance
US Vice President JD Vance attributed the Republicans' defeat in the midterm Congressional elections to the consequences of the war with Iran. According to him, a segment of voters turned away from the party due to the Trump administration's war policy.
Republicans' election defeat due to war with Iran - Vance
US Vice President JD Vance stated that the Republican Party lost the midterm congressional elections due to the war. In a post on Twitter (X), he, among other things, warned about the consequences of the conflict and addressed his disappointed supporters today, admitting that they turned out to be right. According to Vance, the president himself acknowledged the war's role in the defeat a day earlier. Although Trump admitted in an interview with Fox News that the war influenced the Republicans' defeat, he firmly maintained that starting it was the right decision.
Vance emphasized that it was not a matter of turnout, as Republican voters did go to the polling stations. For example, among those who voted in Florida, Republicans outnumbered Democrats by 9 points — only two points less than in 2024. According to him, the main problem was that many of those who voted for Trump and Vance two years ago supported the Democrats this time.
The Vice President relied on data from a pollster who had accurately predicted that Republicans would trail Democrats by 13 points nationwide. This specialist asked the voters who turned away from the party what could bring them back. Almost all answers came down to four demands — to end the war, address the problem of rising prices, put America first, and change relations with Israel.
Vance invited those who consider the war justified to speak openly about it:
"If you want to argue that it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next six years was worth it — go ahead, prove it. Prove that it was worth paying this price. One may agree or disagree, but at least that would be an honest thing to do."
In the elections held on November 3, Democrats gained control of both houses of Congress, winning at least 54 out of 100 seats in the Senate. Trump himself sarcastically explained his party colleagues' defeat on social media by the fact that his name was not on the ballot.