https://freerepublic.com/tag/wetoldyou/ en-us Wed, 4 Nov 2026 18:19:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 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 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401781/posts Tuesday’s midterm elections are shaping up to be the “biggest national wipeout for Republicans since 2006, when voters brutally punished the GOP for an ill-advised and poorly planned war in the Middle East,” The Federalist’s CEO and co-founder Sean Davis said in a post on X. In 2006, 56 percent of voters disapproved of the Iraq War, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of a national exit poll. The majority of those voters backed Democrat candidates, 80 percent to 18 percent. Twenty years later, Pew released a survey in October that found 65 percent of Americans disapproved of how... The Federalist https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401781/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2026 16:08:05 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401758/posts As Republicans see electoral losses across the country, about 74 percent of voters said the Iran war was a “crucial or major” factor in their vote for Congress, and Democrats won 63 percent of those voters, according to NBC exit polls. Only 26 percent said the war was a “minor factor or not a factor,” 70 percent of whom voted Republican and 28 percent of whom voted Democrat. The divide on the war became even greater when voters were asked whether the Trump administration made the “right decision” or “wrong decision” on “military action against Iran. Overall, 37 percent said... The Federalist https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401758/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2026 14:07:47 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4401742/posts This captures the 2026 election season in a nutshell. Was it worth it? Self https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4401742/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2026 10:35:41 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401730/posts President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would accept the results of US midterm elections -- but quickly sought to shift the blame for the historic rout to his fellow Republicans. Time and again on the campaign trail the 80-year-old told Republicans to "pretend I'm on the ballot." That may have been exactly the problem, as voters put Democrats in control of the House and Senate. But Trump has never been one to take the blame, and in his first reaction to the election results Tuesday he insisted that the Republican Party would have won in a "landslide" if he had... Aaswat https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401730/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2026 05:59:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401724/posts Democratic candidates won races in Republican strongholds, flipping Senate seats in Kansas, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and even Texas. On a night shaping up as a Democratic romp, President Trump told The New York Times that he would accept the election results. Democrats seized control of the Senate on Tuesday night, as voters delivered a thorough rebuke to President Trump and handed the party victories in places long considered Republican strongholds. Democrats flipped Senate seats in Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and even Texas, according to The Associated Press, and were in a strong position to take... New York times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401724/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2026 05:01:59 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401634/posts Post up what you're seeing out there folks. Varied. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401634/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2026 14:50:16 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401660/posts We're hearing reports of sky-high GOP turnout in states across the country. That's excellent news for Republicans and even better news for America: if we get out and vote, we can block the Democrats from taking power and trying to dismantle this nation to rebuild it as a socialist state. townhall.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4401660/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2026 19:27:01 GMT