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- Republicans suffered what the source calls a historic, humiliating midterm defeat, which it attributes to the Iran war and the cost-of-living crisis it brought; Trump lost his majority in Congress, with exit polling showing wars have become a major voting factor after Gaza in 2024 and Iran in 2026.
- Trump rejected a diplomatic deal the source calls objectively stronger than President Barack Obama's and declared war on Iran after listening to the Israeli government, breaking his own "end forever wars" pledge.
- Biden touted putting human rights "at the center" of foreign policy in an October 2021 speech, but the source says he deferred to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and funded and enabled what it calls a genocide in Gaza — and a year later voters punished the Democrats.
- Israel was on the ballot in many contests: the U.S.-Israel relationship was rejected by Republicans and Democrats alike, with voters favoring a recentering on national interests, including ending the flow of military aid to Israel.
- YouGov–IMEU Policy Project found in a January 2025 poll that, of the 2020 Biden voters who chose not to vote for Harris in 2024, a plurality stayed home because of the Democrats' Gaza policy; Axios reported the Democrats' own internal election autopsy reached the same conclusion.
- Abdul El-Sayed drew cheers from Michigan voters when the senator-elect accused Israel of genocide and apartheid in his victory speech, while Texas voters elected a candidate who rejects AIPAC money and said seeing Gaza "makes me sick to my stomach as a teacher, as a Christian, as a human being."
- Congress faces its first test on December 11, when the current continuing resolution for federal government funding expires; the source argues lawmakers must insist on no new money for the Iran War when they pass a stopgap to avoid a shutdown.
Why it matters: Congress's December 11 funding deadline is the first material test of the verdict: with Trump having lost his congressional majority, the source insists any stopgap bill must withhold new money for the Iran War, while voters in both parties rejected the U.S.-Israel relationship and military aid to Israel.
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