{"id":2614784,"date":"2026-06-16T19:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-presses-vance-on-republican-party-divide-over-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:05:01","slug":"megyn-kelly-presses-vance-on-republican-party-divide-over-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-presses-vance-on-republican-party-divide-over-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly presses Vance on Republican Party divide over Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmegyn-kelly-presses-vance-on-republican-party-divide-over-iran%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2614784&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Conservative commentator megyn Kelly questioned JD Vance about divisions within the Republican Party regarding the Trump governance\u2019s military actions in Iran, describing the situation as akin to a \u201ccivil war.\u201d Kelly expressed her preference for debating Democrats over Republicans who oppose Trump\u2019s Iran policy, noting feelings of betrayal among some GOP members.Vance responded by emphasizing the importance of staying engaged and pushing back from within the party, criticizing those who abandon politics over policy disagreements. He defended Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armenian-diaspora-disappointed-in-peace-deal-terms-with-azerbaijan\/\" title=\"Armenian diaspora disappointed in ... terms with Azerbaijan\">recent peace deal<\/a> with Iran, highlighting his own involvement and the necessity of active participation in political debates. Vance also addressed criticisms from Trump allies like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, related to perceived reversals on foreign policy promises.As part of promoting his new book, Vance discussed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-react-after-jordan-fails-to-secure-speakership-in-first-vote-2nd-round-postponed-to-wednesday\/\" title=\"... respond as Jordan falls short in initial bid for speakership; second round delayed until Wednesday.\">internal party dynamics<\/a>, the significance of Trump\u2019s leadership style, and the importance of maintaining unity despite disagreements, warning against giving in to opposition or quitting politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conservative commentator <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/megyn-kelly\/\">Megyn Kelly<\/a> pressed Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/JD-Vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> on the growing split within the Republican Party over the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s military operation in Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelly described the relationships within the party as a \u201ccivil war,\u201d saying that, as a right-leaning independent, she would rather argue with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> than Republicans. She said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\">Republicans<\/a> who disagree with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s Iran war feel \u201cbetrayed\u201d and gave Vance an opportunity to respond to those critics. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4611163\/trump-appeal-restore-materials-historic-sites\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump administration appeals order to restore \u2018inappropriate\u2019 materials to historic sites<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4610985\/vance-admits-more-work-get-prices-down-inflation-midterm-elections\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance admits more work needs to be done to get prices down<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4610666\/jd-vance-changed-opinion-trump-humility-the-view\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance says changing his tune on Trump was a sign of \u2018humility\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven if you disagree with this particular action, it\u2019s completely ridiculous to pick up your marbles and go home,\u201d Vance <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CK-s5zQi-2U\">said<\/a> on <em>The Megyn Kelly Show<\/em> Tuesday. \u201cThat\u2019s not how politics works.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance elaborated on this point, saying he\u2019s been listening to the debates and conversations about the administration\u2019s policies on a variety of issues, including <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\">immigration<\/a>, taxes, and foreign affairs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve been very much on the inside on a lot of these debates and conversations,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThe way that politics works is that you have to stay engaged in the process. You absolutely have to make your voice heard, but right now, right now we have a very good deal for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4608191\/trump-peace-deal-united-states-iran\/\">announced on Saturday<\/a> that the United States reached a peace deal with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>. Vance confirmed in an interview with ABC News on Monday that the deal was \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4608561\/vance-iran-war-deal-memorandum-understanding-signed-digitally\/\">already signed<\/a>\u201d digitally, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> will represent the U.S. at the formal signing in Geneva on Friday. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes against Iran in late February, the administration has received criticism from some of Trump\u2019s allies, including Kelly, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Tucker-Carlson\/\">Tucker Carlson<\/a>, and Candace Owens. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conservative commentators argue Trump went back on his promise of there being no new foreign wars when he returned to the White House. The group is also critical of Israeli Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Benjamin-Netanyahu\/\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>\u2019s military actions in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance\u2019s appearance on Kelly\u2019s podcast is part of his media tour to promote his new book, <em>Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith<\/em>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Vance said there needs to be people \u201cpushing back from inside the tit,\u201d Kelly argued she was slammed by Trump for doing that. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelly recalled Trump\u2019s comments in response to her criticisms that \u201cthose who speak ill of Mark Levin are not MAGA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance defended Trump\u2019s remarks, saying the president was pushing back on what he deemed \u201cunfair\u201d criticisms. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >vice president revealed<\/a> to Kelly that he told Trump he would be appearing on her show to defend the administration\u2019s agenda, in which the president told him, \u201cAbsolutely, I love that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause he engages. He is going to criticize you when he disagrees with you. He is going to say nice things about you when he agrees with you,\u201d Vance said. \u201cBut that is actually what I love about the president is that he\u2019s not like viewing these debates from the outside. He\u2019s participating in them himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance said his \u201cfrustration\u201d with Republicans who are \u201cnoninterventionist\u201d is that they are giving up on the party over one policy disagreement with the administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe reason why neocons are so much more effective in politics than the people on the other side in our coalition is because they play the game,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThey get disappointed, they make their criticisms, and they go back to fight another day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance called the approach \u201cimmature,\u201d saying it\u2019s a way to allow \u201cyour enemies\u201d to always win, which Kelly agreed with. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-ruling-suggests-vps-have-protections-presidents-dont\/\" title=\"Mike Pence ruling suggests VPs have protections ...s don&#039;t\">vice president argued<\/a> the coalition that elected the Trump-Vance ticket included Republicans with differing opinions on Iran and Israel to underscore his point that Republicans shouldn\u2019t give up on the party or the president. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4610666\/jd-vance-changed-opinion-trump-humility-the-view\/\"><strong>VANCE SAYS CHANGING HIS TUNE ON TRUMP WAS A SIGN OF \u2018HUMILITY\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe coalition that made Donald Trump the president of the United States and JD Vance the vice president of the United States, people have to remember this, it was Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was also Mark Levin.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou can\u2019t just quit politics because the leader of a country of 330 million people makes a decision that you disagree with,\u201d Vance added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly questions Vance on GOP split over Iran war<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2614785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-l36lnzkgl-1781648580696-e1781648768615.jpg?1781634454&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3823,33131,37043,32085,15469],"class_list":["post-2614784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran","tag-megyn-kelly","tag-political-debate","tag-republican-party","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-l36lnzkgl-1781648580696-e1781648768615.jpg?1781634454&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2614784"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614788,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614784\/revisions\/2614788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2614785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2614784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2614784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2614784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}