Pete Hegseth is responding to Vice President JD Vance’s claim the GOP suffered major losses in the 2026 midterm elections because of the wildly-unpopular Iran war. “I respect the vice president greatly, and I’m certainly not going to exchange in any finger-pointing, and thankfully, politics is not really my thing,” Hegseth, a former Fox News weekend political news host, said in a press briefing on Tuesday, November 10, via NBC News. “I do the Department of War and making sure we’re prepared and ready.” The United States Secretary of Defense, 46, continued, “A lot of people...
Pete Hegseth Responds to JD Vance Blaming Midterms Loss on Iran War
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Nov 11, 2026 • 1 day ago
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