众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（民主党-纽约州）警告称，民主党不会让副总统JD·万斯因其支持伊朗战争的记录而逃脱责任。此前，特朗普总统的二号人物表示，这场冲突让共和党在中期选举中付出了代价。
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned that Democrats would not let Vice President JD Vance off the hook for his record of supporting the Iran war after President Trump’s second-in-command said the conflict cost the GOP in the midterms.
杰弗里斯周三对《Punchbowl News》表示，万斯、国防部长皮特·赫格塞思和国务卿马尔科·卢比奥“一直是这场战争的坚定啦啦队长”，这场战争至今已持续八个多月。
Jeffries told Punchbowl News on Wednesday that Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio “have been consistent cheerleaders” for the war, which has now stretched over eight months.
“他们支持唐纳德·特朗普、浪费数十亿美元纳税人资金在伊朗投下炸弹，并因其行为导致美国人民面临物价飞涨——尤其是在汽油（价格）方面——的记录，无疑在MAGA极端分子遭遇的决定性失败中发挥了一定作用，”这位纽约州民主党人说。
“Their record on standing behind Donald Trump and wasting billions of taxpayer dollars to drop bombs in Iran, and then, as a result of their actions, skyrocketing prices on the American people, particularly as it relates to gas [prices], is one that certainly played a role in the decisive defeat that the MAGA extremists experienced,” the New York Democrat said.
“我们不会让JD·万斯逃避他自己支持唐纳德·特朗普鲁莽且失败的战争的记录，”他补充道。
“We’re not going to let JD Vance run away from his own record of supporting Donald Trump’s reckless and failed war,” he added.
在周二选举中其政党落败后，万斯在社交媒体上的一篇长文中直言不讳：“我们失败的原因就是这场战争。”“如果你想争辩说这场战争是值得的，说未来6年失去参议院是值得的，那就去争辩吧，”他写道。“争辩说这是值得付出的代价。无论同意与否，这至少是诚实的。
Following his party’s defeat in Tuesday elections, Vance put it plainly in a lengthy social media post: “The reason we lost is the war.”“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,” he wrote. “Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that’s at least honest.
“但每个人都知道我们为什么失败，”副总统继续说道。“任何关于我们今后走向的诚实对话都必须从那里开始。”尽管有此番言论，正如参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金（民主党-密歇根州）所指出的，万斯是这场战争的早期辩护者。在2月28日开启冲突的美以联合打击之前，他告诉《华盛顿邮报》，这“不可能”导致中东爆发更长时间的战争。
“But everyone knows why we lost,” the vice president continued. “And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.”Despite the rhetoric, as Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) pointed out, Vance was an early defender of the war. Ahead of the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes that began the conflict on Feb. 28, he told The Washington Post there was “no chance” this would lead to a longer war in the Middle East.
在特朗普继续威胁对伊朗采取军事行动之际，他也一直站在特朗普一边，9月对记者表示，尽管该地区爆发了相互打击，他“不会称之为战争”。
He has also stood by Trump as he continues to threaten military operations against Iran, telling reporters in September that he “wouldn’t call it a war” despite an eruption of back-and-forth strikes in the region.
出口民调显示，经济不满是许多选民在这些选举中的关键动因，这使得民主党夺回了国会两院的控制权。
Exit polling indicated that economic frustrations were a key motivator for many in these elections, which flipped control of both chambers of Congress for Democrats.
美联社最近的一项调查发现，全国各地的选民将成本上升归咎于特朗普的关税和中东冲突。哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS News）的出口民调还发现，在选举日前后，75%的选民对美国经济持负面看法。
A recent survey from The Associated Press found that voters across the country blamed Trump’s tariffs and the Middle East conflict for rising costs. A CBS News exit poll also found that 75 percent of voters shared a negative view of the U.S. economy around Election Day.