JD Vance blamed the Iran war for midterm election losses

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JD Vance blamed the Iran war for Republicans’ heavy losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections, in which Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress. “The reason we lost is the war,” he wrote in a lengthy post on X, adding that Donald Trump “himself said so last night.” Vance argued that the main problem was not turnout but that many people who voted for Trump and Vance in 2024 chose Democrats in 2026. He cited a Republican pollster who identified voters’ concerns as ending the war, the cost of living and inflation, putting America first, and changing the U.S. relationship with Israel. Trump told The New York Times he had no regrets about the war, while acknowledging voters were unhappy with oil prices.