# Why Republicans lost: Who Trump and Vance blame

https://mins.news/en/video/130504

- ABC News, 2026-11-05 11:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTrNYruZ1Ck

> James Longman reports on the aftermath of the 2026 midterms, with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance offering different accounts of why Republicans lost control of the House and Senate. Two Senate contests in Alaska and Mississippi remain too close to call. Republican Rep. Thomas Massie moves to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, while Wall Street rises on hopes the Iran war may end. The report also covers the latest on a deadly shooting at a Citibank campus.

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