Warmongers Blame War For Election Loss

Republicans lost seats in both the House and Senate in the midterms, and Vice President JD Vance blamed the defeat on Trump’s war with Iran and US ties to Israel. The article says his comments may signal that opposition to another prolonged war will shape the party’s choices ahead of the 2028 presidential election.

Vance said the party needed to change course, while John Bolton also argued that voters were unhappy with an apparently open-ended war and blamed Trump’s advisers. A late October CBS/YouGov poll found 62 per cent of Americans considered ending the war very important as they prepared to vote. The article notes that Vance and Bolton had previously supported stronger action against Iran, and says Vance overlooked other unpopular parts of the Republican platform.