Conservative political commentator, author, and host of The Remnant.
DI has documented statements by Jonah Goldberg on 2026 Midterm Elections, Iran War, and Media, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Statement dates: October 21, 2026
Statement dates: September 3, 2026
Statement dates: October 21, 2026
Statement dates: September 3, 2026
Statement dates: September 3, 2026 to October 21, 2026
Role at the time: Political commentator
Statement summary
Goldberg called Vance's defense of Ramaswamy's ad shameful.
“So shameful.”
Relative to the campaign's use of Acton's mother in the ad, Jonah Goldberg criticizes that tactic.
Role at the time: CNN political commentator, on CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
Response to this claim
Vice President JD Vance said he would not call the U.S. fight with Iran a war, saying there is no active shooting right now and that major combat operations lasted about six weeks.
“we're at war whether or not he says he likes the word or not because we're doing a naval blockade of Iran and that is an act of war. One of the games they play is they like to say it's not a war, the war is over in part because they want the narrative to go away and for people to talk about other things ... I don't know which narrative is more important to J.D. Vance, but both are false because we're at war with Iran.”
The reference point is Vance's statement that he would not call the fighting a war. Goldberg gives a different description, "we're at war", and calls the not-a-war claim one of the "games they play" and "false". He rejects the statement as false rather than only offering a different label, so condemns fits better than challenges the characterization.
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Case
Relationship to this case: Speaker
Ramaswamy's campaign defends an ad in which Amy Acton's estranged mother calls her a liar. Acton says Ramaswamy took advantage of her mother. Critics from both parties condemn the tactic, while Laura Loomer defends it.
Case
Relationship to this case: Speaker
Vice President JD Vance said he would not call the U.S. fight with Iran a war, citing no active shooting. President Trump defended the description; Sanders, Schumer and Massie criticized it, and Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson called the fighting aggression, not war.
