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JD Vance Has Started Abandoning Ship
Somebody Should Remind Him What Happened to Mike Pence.
Donald Trump’s Republican Party has just suffered a devastating midterm defeat, losing control of both chambers of Congress.
And something rather entertaining is happening inside the Republican family.
People are beginning to explain why this disaster happened.
Some are blaming the Iran war.
Others are blaming the economy, immigration, campaign strategy and Washington Republicans.
Some are even suggesting that the party has been fighting yesterday’s political battles while voters are worried about tomorrow’s bills.
In other words, the Republican Party is having a family meeting, and everybody has arrived with a lawyer.
JD Vance has already started distancing himself from the Iran war.
Ron DeSantis has delivered a brutal assessment of the Republican defeat.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is preparing to leave Republican leadership.
Even Donald Trump Jr. has publicly endorsed Vance’s criticism of the Iran war.
Donald Trump, meanwhile, is defending his decisions while looking for explanations everywhere except the…








