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How JD Vance Turned A War Into Republican Party Collapse

In September, Vice President JD Vance resisted calling the conflict in Iran a war. “I wouldn’t call it a war,” he told reporters when asked whether it would end before the midterms. Major combat operations, he explained, had lasted about si

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How JD Vance Turned A War Into Republican Party Collapse
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In September, Vice President JD Vance resisted calling the conflict in Iran a war. “I wouldn’t call it a war,” he told reporters when asked whether it would end before the midterms.

Major combat operations, he explained, had lasted about six weeks. After Republicans lost the midterms, his terminology became considerably more convenient.

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