Pence says midterm election results ‘not just a rout; it was a reckoning’ over Iran, tariffs, corruption, and more

EXCLUSIVE — Former Vice President Mike Pence offered a pointed assessment of Republicans’ midterm losses, arguing the party’s embrace of President Donald Trump’s populist agenda, from tariffs to its approach to foreign policy, helped drive voters away.

In a video interview with the Washington Examiner’s Peter Laffin, Pence said Republicans should view the election not simply as a political defeat but as a warning that the party has strayed from the conservative principles that once made it successful.