{"id":2698019,"date":"2026-11-04T12:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T17:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-war-day-250-vance-says-iran-war-cost-gop-midterms\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T12:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T17:41:34","slug":"iran-war-day-250-vance-says-iran-war-cost-gop-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-war-day-250-vance-says-iran-war-cost-gop-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran War Day 250: Vance Says Iran War Cost GOP Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Firan-war-day-250-vance-says-iran-war-cost-gop-midterms%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=2698019&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>Vice President J.D. Vance said Wednesday that the Iran War was to blame for the republican Party\u2019s heavy losses in the midterms. In a lengthy post on X, he relayed that a pollster told him many GOP voters were turning away from the party because of the unpopular conflict. Donald Trump Jr. publicly agreed with Vance\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday night that the war played a role in the poor Republican showing, though he denied regretting that he started it.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials also interpreted the election as a rejection of Trump and the war.Mohammad Bagher ghalibaf, a chief negotiator, said voters had said \u201cno to war\u201d and warned that if the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >government ignores public sentiment<\/a> in favor of foreign pressure,it will face severe consequences.<\/p>\n<p>The war has pushed up gasoline and general prices as of clashes near the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global energy shipments.Iran reported that four more oil tankers caught fire after striking sea mines. Following Democratic wins, Brent crude fell sharply Wednesday to roughly $94 per barrel &#8211; its lowest as September 1 &#8211; and the average price for regular gasoline was $4.12 per gallon.  <\/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<div class=\"c-blog-post__content s-wysiwyg s-wysiwyg--blog\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:30px;\" id=\"elevenlabs-audionative-widget\" data-height=\"90\" data-width=\"100%\" data-frameborder=\"no\" data-scrolling=\"no\" data-publicuserid=\"cb0d9922301244fcc1aeafd0610a8e90a36a320754121ee126557a7416405662\" data-playerurl=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/player\/index.html\" >Loading the <a href=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/text-to-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elevenlabs Text to Speech<\/a> AudioNative Player&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/player\/audioNativeHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President J.D. Vance on Wednesday blamed the Iran War for the Republican Party\u2019s sweeping midterm losses the night before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe reason we lost is the war,\u201d Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/2118004988433641835\">wrote<\/a> in a long post on X. The vice president said a pollster had told him that many Republican voters were turning against the GOP over the unpopular conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donald Trump Jr., the president\u2019s eldest son, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/2118018423221608480\">expressed<\/a> total agreement with Vance&#8217;s post.<\/p>\n<p>                         <!-- \/22404337467,3946880\/theamericanconservative-Leaderboard-Top -->                         <\/p>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1742316429780-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 50px; max-width: 100%; '>                         <\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump, in a Tuesday night interview with the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/trump-acknowledges-iran-war-is-partly-to-blame-for-republican-losses-c3cf572e\">acknowledged<\/a> that the war contributed to the Republicans\u2019 poor performance but denied he regretted launching it.<\/p>\n<section class=\"c-subscribe-email\" >\n<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__wrap\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__head\">\n<h4 class=\"c-subscribe-email__heading\">Subscribe Today<\/h4>\n<h5 class=\"c-subscribe-email__subheading\">Get daily emails in your inbox<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__form-wrap\">      <!-- Begin Mailchimp Signup Form -->      <\/p>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"https:\/\/theamericanconservative.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=442e644c01f8e54e26e4ff3f8&#038;id=f7b67cac40\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate target=\"_blank\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__fields\">              <label for=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"u-screenreader-text\">Email Address:<\/label>              <input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"c-subscribe-email__field\" name=\"EMAIL\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Your Email\" \/>              <input id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"c-subscribe-email__submit o-button o-button--red-500 o-button--solid\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>            <\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"clear\">\n<div id=\"mce-error-response\" class=\"response\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-success-response\" class=\"response\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>              <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups-->            <\/p>\n<div class=\"u-screenreader-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">              <input tabindex=\"-1\" name=\"b_442e644c01f8e54e26e4ff3f8_f7b67cac40\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/>            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>      <!--End mc_embed_signup-->          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian officials also interpreted the election as a rebuke of Trump and the war, now in its ninth month. \u201cConscience or the cost of living, Americans said NO TO WAR, and we endorse this message,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mb_ghalibaf\/status\/2117848485580128287\">said<\/a> Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, a chief negotiator. \u201cIf the US govt betrays their public will to serve international paymasters and blackmailers, it will learn our NO comes with a Nightmare.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iran War has driven up gasoline prices and general inflation because of fighting around the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for the global energy trade. Iran said Wednesday that four more oil tankers had caught fire after hitting sea mines. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brent crude oil, an international benchmark, dropped sharply on Wednesday following the Democratic victories, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/investing\/future\/brn.1?countrycode=uk&#038;gaa_at=eafs&#038;gaa_n=AWEtsqcKFueL9FJ6jWSJu8fhd4jM-lLjDighEiFemYVUNnH7udjW5Ustricxf4nRMbY%3D&#038;gaa_ts=69c6a2d4&#038;gaa_sig=aecHpEJD03RrVfbDLzP4SmH_aAAlfcoqqe0jFon2fBoQfWTPKi1H4-_oKUpR8HZoY5DDbIC9sExXiX3jEQHw5Q%3D%3D\">dipping<\/a> to around $94 per barrel by noon U.S. Eastern Time, its lowest level since September 1. The average price of regular gasoline <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\">was<\/a> $4.12 per gallon on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President J.D. Vance blamed the Iran War for the GOP\u2019s broad midterm losses, writing on X that \u201cthe reason we lost is the war\u201d after a poll suggested many Republican voters were turning away over the conflict; Donald Trump Jr. agreed with him. In a separate interview, President Donald Trump acknowledged the war helped drive poor Republican results but said he does not regret launching it. Iranian officials took the election as a rebuke of Trump and the war, with one negotiator warning that Americans\u2019 reluctance to support war would be met with serious consequences if Washington serves outside interests. The conflict has pushed up fuel costs and inflation due to fighting near the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran reporting additional tankers hit by mines. Brent crude fell to about $94 a barrel after Democratic gains, and the average price of regular gasoline was roughly $4.12 per gallon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4462,"featured_media":2698020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/tac.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2282096697-scaled.jpg?auto=compress&#038;crop=faces%2Centropy&#038;fit=crop&#038;fm=jpg&#038;h=630&#038;ixlib=php-3.3.1&#038;q=80&#038;w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[3823,15469,50434],"class_list":["post-2698019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-iran","tag-vance","tag-war-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/tac.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2282096697-scaled.jpg?auto=compress&#038;crop=faces%2Centropy&#038;fit=crop&#038;fm=jpg&#038;h=630&#038;ixlib=php-3.3.1&#038;q=80&#038;w=1200","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698019","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\/4462"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2698019"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2698023,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698019\/revisions\/2698023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2698020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2698019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2698019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2698019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}