Trump, Vance Say Iran War Contributed to Republicans’ Midterm Defeat

The Libertarian Institute · Nov 5, 2026

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance admitted that the war against Iran contributed to the Republican Party losing dozens of House and Senate seats to Democrats in the midterm elections.

In an X post analyzing the Republican defeat, Vance said he spoke with an expert pollster who warned that Americans who voted for Trump in 2024 planned to vote for Democrats on Tuesday. “In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats,” the Vice President wrote.

The pollster explained to Vance that the top four reasons leading Americans to…