Randy Fine says Vance's post-election message blamed Jews for the losses
Randy FineU.S. representative from Florida, in an interview with Fox Now
Rep. Randy Fine said he will not support Vance for the 2028 Republican nomination, calling Vance's post-election message abhorrent and comparing it to what one would read in 1932 Germany. He said Vance blamed the Jews for losing the election.
“I definitively will not be supporting the vice president in that nominating contest. I thought his message that he put out the day after the election was abhorrent and, frankly, smacked of the kind of thing you'd read in 1932 Germany ... He's out in my book ... He blamed the Jews for losing the election.”
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- Randy Fine says he will not endorse Vance and blames him for the war dragging onEarlier: Defended or excused
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Vance blames the Iran war for Republicans' midterm losses; Trump says he would do it again
The morning after Democrats won both chambers of Congress in the November 3, 2026 midterms, Vice President JD Vance wrote that the reason Republicans lost is the war with Iran. Trump called that largely true but said he would make the same decision again.
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Fox News Digital report on Rep. Randy Fine's remarks in a Fox Now interview and to Fox News Digital about Vice President JD Vance's November 4 post on the midterm losses. It notes that Vance's office declined to respond.
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Vance wrote on November 4 that the reason Republicans lost the midterms was the war, citing a pollster who said voters who left the party wanted the war ended, lower costs, America First policies and a change in the U.S. relationship with Israel. Fine had said on November 8 that he would not endorse Vance in the 2028 primary.
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Vance's post did not mention Jews. Fine told Fox News Digital that three of the four reasons Vance listed came back to Israel. Vance's office declined to respond to the characterization.
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The reference point is the Trump administration's decision to go to war with Iran and keep fighting it, judged by its political cost: Vance's claim that the war is the reason Republicans lost the November 3, 2026 midterms. Fine rejects Vance's account of the losses, says it blamed Jews and, in comments to Fox News Digital, sides with Trump that the war would be fought again, so we kept the label used for his November 8 remarks.
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“I disagree with the vice president about the reasons for the midterm election outcome. ... There's no question that the war in Iran became a frustration for millions of Americans, but it wasn't because President Trump started the war or took on Iran. It's because we stopped short and didn't finish it”Read statement
Trump says the U.S. does not need a deal with Iran and tells Vance to focus on crime
“I have asked Vice President Vance to focus his complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States throughout the U.S. ... We don't need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We've got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we've got their Strait!”Read statement
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“I don't buy it ... JD needs to go back and really look at the cross-tabs, needs to look at the turnout in my state ... That's why we lost”Read statement
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