Trump says Republicans losing the midterms due to Iran war is "largely true"
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[0:00] The fallout from the midterm elections
[0:02] is underway in Washington, and both the
[0:04] president and vice president are
[0:06] acknowledging the war in Iran was a
[0:08] major factor in Republican losses. Take
[0:10] a look at our CBS News exit poll. The
[0:13] overwhelming majority of voters said the
[0:15] war played a role in how they cast their
[0:17] ballot, and it seems the vice president
[0:19] agrees. In a lengthy social media post
[0:22] you may have seen, he wrote, quote, "The
[0:24] reason we lost is the war." He added,
[0:27] "Any honest conversation about where we
[0:29] go from here must start there."
[0:31] Yesterday, CBS News Ouija Jang asked the
[0:34] president about the vice president's
[0:35] post. This is what he told her. Well, I
[0:38] think it's largely true because it drove
[0:41] the gasoline up a little bit short term
[0:44] and probably that's uh probably it's
[0:47] true, but at the same time, if I had it
[0:48] to do again, I'd have to do it again
[0:50] because long term uh it's the only
[0:52] answer. You can't let Iran have a
[0:54] nuclear weapon. But the but it wasn't
[0:56] just the war that had America's voting
[0:58] Americans voting blue. The economy, the
[1:01] state of democracy and immigration were
[1:03] also top of mind. Last night on the
[1:05] takeout, Major Garrett discussed
[1:07] Republicans defeat.
[1:08] >> I think that's really the story of this
[1:11] election cycle. What we saw last night
[1:13] time and time and time again is, you
[1:16] know, these moderate common sense
[1:19] candidates, you know, who are are
[1:20] willing to get things done and
[1:23] Democr