WH Official Accuses ‘Establishment Ghouls’ Of Scapegoating Vance’s Peace Deal

Republicans are quarreling over their Tuesday midterm rout, which left Democrats in charge of the House and Senate after a gain of seven Senate seats. Some conservatives blame the memorandum of understanding with Iran that Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner negotiated and signed in June, though it later collapsed. Marc Thiessen said on Fox News that the war itself went well and the deal sank the party. Erick Erickson relayed claims from two senators that GOP sentiment soured only after the agreement, and Dana Loesch dismissed it as "MOU theater.", according to Daily Caller.

A longtime administration official told the Daily Caller that hawkish establishment figures who pushed the country into conflict deserve the blame, and said Americans supported the deal. Exit polls suggest the war and its economic fallout drove voters. Donald Trump's approval slid after the conflict began, and a Raymond James study tied it to gas prices rather than the agreement. Vance said the war cost Republicans the election, and the president repeated that view when asked Wednesday.

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