Pence slams Trump, Vance: GOP midterm loss “a reckoning”

Former Vice President Mike Pence has slammed President Trump and Vice President JD Vance, calling the Republicans’ midterm defeat not just a rout but “a reckoning.”

In an exclusive interview with Fox News, his first since the elections, Pence faulted Trump’s tariffs, the administration’s handling of the Iran war and an “air of corruption” around the White House, citing the First Family’s $3 billion-plus wealth surge.

He disputed Vance’s claim the war alone cost Republicans Congress, saying the causes were “much more complex” and that voters were frustrated because the administration “stopped short and didn’t finish it.”

Urging a return to conservative principles, Pence said “the direction the president has taken our party was roundly rejected by the voters.”