Reuters. Vice President JD Vance blamed the Iran war for Republican losses in the midterm elections, in a social media post published on Wednesday (November 4).
"The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night," Vance said in the statement.
Voters in conservative bastions who had propelled the president to his second term in office just two years ago swung dramatically toward Democrats, fuelled by deep frustration over the unpopular war with Iran, anxiety over the high cost of living and anger at Trump's stewardship of the country.
President Donald Trump acknowledged on Wednesday (November 4) that the US-Israeli war on Iran played a role in his party's sweeping defeat in the midterm elections, as Democrats won control of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
But despite the Republican losses on Tuesday (November 3) -- and his campaign promise of "no new wars" -- Trump stood by his decision to attack Iran.
"I did the right thing," he said in his interview with the Wall Street Journal. "I would have done it again."
The war, now in its ninth month, has been unpopular among Americans since it began. On the campaign trail, Democratic candidates across the country blamed the conflict for driving up the cost of gas and other goods.
Trump has offered shifting goals and timelines for the war, alternately threatening to ramp up US military strikes and saying he could end the conflict at any time.
