https://freerepublic.com/tag/vpdumbledore/ en-us Thu, 5 Nov 2026 01:52:44 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4401866/posts [Clip of] Chuck Schumer: 'First and foremost, our coalition moved as one body, House and Senate, to define the issues that Americans cared most about. We talked to Americans. We said, what is on your minds? And of course, number one: costs. The high cost of living... And second, they talked about Trump's corruption.' [Screenshot of] JD Vance: 'The reason we lost is the war... If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree,... Comma, dot. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4401866/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2026 01:52:44 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4401824/posts Is JD Vance capitulating to the islamists in Iran to end the war (for now)? Tousi TV - Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4401824/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2026 21:36:37 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401818/posts Vice President JD Vance delivered a blunt assessment of Republicans' sweeping midterm losses Wednesday morning, pointing at the Iran war as the driving force behind the party's election-night defeats. "But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone," said Vance on X."The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night. If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest. But everyone knows why... Fox News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401818/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2026 20:32:45 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401799/posts Vice President JD Vance, who’s widely expected to be eyeing a 2028 run, pinned the GOP’s massive midterm losses on the Iran war that President Donald Trump started. CNN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401799/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2026 18:19:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4401790/posts Vice President JD Vance offered a postmortem on Wednesday morning explicitly blaming President Donald Trump’s war in Iran for the GOP’s generational wipeout in the midterm elections, losing races from Texas to Kansas in deep red states. Vance, who is widely seen as Trump’s heir apparent, saw his stock drop in prediction markets as Trump administration outsider Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) numbers rose following the disastrous election results. As Vance works to distance himself from the war in Iran, he notably cited Trump himself, writing, “The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.”... Mediaite https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4401790/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2026 16:50:59 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401786/posts @JDVance One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up. So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told... X https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401786/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2026 16:37:04 GMT