Yes, JD Vance: Losing the midterms was ‘worth it’ to prevent a nuclear Iran

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Fresh off Tuesday’s electoral beatdown, some conservatives are arguing that it would have been better for Iran to have a nuke than for the Democrats to win the midterms. That’s a suicidal assessment. You can easily take back Congress in one or two election cycles, but a nuclear Iran is an irreversible crisis.

Reflecting on the election results, Vice President JD Vance posted on X, “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.”

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