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Vance says the Iran war cost Republicans the midterms

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The Iran war was the reason for the Democrats' blue tsunami that stunned Washington, Vice President Vance said in an X post Wednesday morning. Why it matters: The VP offered a surprisingly blunt assessment of why the GOP got crushed Tuesday night — and started to put at least a little daylight betwe

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Both outlets focus on Republican anger after the midterms and on Trump being blamed for the defeat. BBC News frames the story through Republicans telling it that his legacy focus and indifference to voter concerns cost them, while France 24 foregrounds Trump trying to shift blame and says the result can be traced directly back to his decisions in its Washington coverage.

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