Trump undermines Vance’s ambitions
In the hours following the Republican midterm bloodbath and the effective dispersal of the MAGA movement as we knew it, Vice President JD Vance took to social media to express, in a lengthy message, his “honest” belief that the war in Iran was the reason the Republican Party had suffered a complete rout in states across the country.
“If you want to argue that it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next six years was worth it, then do it. Make the case that it was worth paying for,” he wrote. “Agree or disagree, at least it’s honest.”
Vance’s remarks were hailed in the media as something of a major break with President Trump immediately after the election, despite the fact that Trump had already said so himself and reportedly approved of Vance’s social media post. Blaming the administration’s wildly unpopular war in Iran — and all the economic woes that accompanied it — was the most obvious pivot point for the Republican quarterback Wednesday morning. Trump had somehow gone rogue with the whole operation in the first place, and Congress did not authorize the war, giving Republican lawmakers some cover over who exactly was responsible for their considerable losses.
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