WASHINGTON (AP) — JD Vance publicly broke from President Donald Trump ‘s defense of the Iran war Wednesday after the Republican Party’s deep losses in the midterm elections, attempting to distance himself from voters’ clear rebuke of the president as the vice president faces questions about his own political…

MEE staff on Thu, 11/05/2026 - 10:22 Vice president takes apparent swipe at Donald Trump's decision to go to war in the Middle East US President Donald Trump with Vice President JD Vance at the funeral service for US Senator Lindsey Graham in Washington, DC on 28 July 2026 (Alex Wroblewski/AFP) Off US Vice President…

US President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters at the construction site for the ballroom on Wednesday, said that the Iran war was responsible for his Republican Party's resounding midterm election defeat. Asked whether he agreed with Vice President JD Vance earlier remarks that the Iran war was "the reason we lost",…

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board says Vice President JD Vance pinned the GOP’s election defeat on the Iran war while leaving out other causes, in an editorial titled “JD Vance’s Theory of Election Defeat.” The board writes that Vance posted on X the morning after the election, “The reason we lost is the war,"…

The day after the midterms, Vice President JD Vance started posting about why his party lost as if he were an uninvolved pundit and not the vice president. The Republican Party’s losses in the House and Senate, he said, could be blamed on Trump’s war on Iran and America’s relationship to Israel. His “smartest data […]

President Trump was confronted with his own vice president's rebuke about the war in Iran during the president's first public appearance since most of his preferred candidates suffered defeat during the midterm elections. The post Trump Doubles Down on Iran War After Being Confronted About JD Vance’s Rebuke: ‘I’d Do…

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the Iran war was responsible for his Republican Party's resounding midterm election defeat. Asked whether he agreed with Vice President JD Vance earlier remarks that the Iran war was "the reason we lost", Trump told reporters outside the White House ballroom…

Vice President JD Vance is desperate to save himself from the blue wave—even if that means letting President Donald Trump drown. Just hours after Democrats seized control of Congress and swept state elections across the country, Vance promptly threw the president under the bus. “The reason we lost is the war. The…

Trump faces a profoundly reshaped Washington for the last two years of his presidency. Democrats will have the power to block his legislative agenda, reject his appointees and investigate his administration. The post AP News Briefs: Vance blames Iran war for GOP midterm losses appeared first on InDepthNH.org.

The vice president, a potential 2028 presidential contender, pinned the outcome on the administration’s decisions.

Vice President JD Vance blamed the Republican Party’s midterm wipeout on the war in Iran on Wednesday morning, setting off a fight on the right over who’s responsible and what comes next. “The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night,” Vance wrote on X. “If you’d like to argue it was worth…

Despite his public sycophancy now, there was a time when Vice President JD Vance was one of Donald Trump's biggest critics, and it certainly seems that he is now being reminded why. As the entire world is well aware, Democrats secured what was not a mere victory in the midterm elections, but a true tectonic shift…

Vice President JD Vance blamed President Donald Trump’s agenda for Republicans’ sweeping midterm losses, writing that “everyone knows why we lost.” Vance made his case in a lengthy post on X on Wednesday, the day after Democrats flipped control of both the House and Senate, as CNN reported. “The reason we lost is the…

The VP flat-out admitted "Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed,” and made it crystal clear he thinks Trump’s war is why in a jaw-dropping break with his boss. The post JD Vance Makes His Disdain for Trump’s Iran War Crystal Clear in Stunning Screed About GOP’s Implosion: ‘Trump/Vance 2024 Voters are Pissed!’ first…

“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.”

US Vice President JD Vance says the war in Iran drove voters who backed him and Donald Trump in 2024 towards the Democrats in this year’s midterm elections. “The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night”, he wrote on X. “If you’d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the…