# The war nobody could spin: how Iran sank the Republicans | The Listening Post

https://mins.news/en/video/133263

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-11-06 23:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWSfhFMASDE

> The most expensive election in US history cost nearly $12bn, much of it spent on advertising, with most of that money backing Republican candidates. Voters were not persuaded, and Democrats won a sweep on a scale unseen in half a century. After the vote, Donald Trump appeared to lose control of the narrative.

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