Vance courting disgruntled Trump voters to form ‘new right’ alliance after Republican bloodbath, sources say
EXCLUSIVE: Vice President JD Vance is seeking to forge new alliance with disaffected Trump voters ahead of the 2028 election cycle, Fox News Digital has learned.Vance took control of his...
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EXCLUSIVE: Vice President JD Vance is seeking to forge new alliance with disaffected Trump voters ahead of the 2028 election cycle, Fox News Digital has learned. Vance took control of his own messaging Wednesday morning in the wake of a brutal Republican midterm beatdown, breaking with President Donald Trump on foreign policy and America's relationship with Israel. A source familiar with post-election happenings told Fox News Digital that there was a White House meeting Wednesday morning aimed at aligning the entire administration officials on post-midterm messaging. After that huddle, the vice president posted a lengthy admonishment to X where he squarely blamed the Iran war for the Republican Party's losses in the 2026 midterms. Trump made a similar claim after calling into Fox News during Tuesday night's election coverage, saying the upsets were "partly" due to the Iran war. VANCE'S SCATHING IRAN WAR POSTMORTEM PUTS POTENTIAL 2028 GOP SHOWDOWN IN FOCUS: 'EVERYONE KNOWS WHY' "The reason we lost is the war," Vance's post said. "The president himself said so last night." "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. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest," he went on. "But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there." In the post, Vance, said a pollster and "one of the smartest people I know in politics" laid out four tasks that would bring voters back to the GOP — end the war in Iran, focus on the cost of living and inflation, put America first , and "change our relationship with Israel." JD VANCE DECLINES TO ENDORSE NETANYAHU DESPITE TRUMP'S STRONG BACKING A Trump administration official who spoke with Fox News Digital said that the four tasks are Vance's rallying cry to the "new right," broadly defined as a coalition of Re…