Fox News host Laura Ingraham joined the chorus berating Republicans for epic election losses that handed the majority in both chambers of Congress back to the Democrats.
In a social media post reacting to a clip of election analysis, the host of “The Ingraham Angle” questioned whether the decision to go to war with Iran was worth the bloodbath the GOP suffered on Tuesday.
“So was Iran still worth losing everything over?” she wrote. “And if you really care about Israel then you have to admit how bad last night was for its future, too. Did Netanyahu not game this out?”
Ingraham’s post included a retweeted video of conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro weighing in on the future political path for Republicans like Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla) and their positions in the 2028 presidential election.
Ben Shapiro says Ron DeSantis “is going to run” in 2028 and that you should “absolutely short sell Rubio. Marco is not gonna run.”
He walks through the math live, with Kalshi’s numbers on screen.
SHAPIRO: “Governor DeSantis in Florida who already ran once, if he waits another four years, then he’s not really relevant. So Ron is going to run.”
SHAPIRO: “We have the [Kalshi] numbers here, saying that JD is the favorite at 30%, Rubio at 23% and [DeSantis] 12. You should absolutely short sell Rubio. Marco is not gonna run.”
SHAPIRO: “Number one, 2028 is likely a poison chalice. Number two, if he runs against JD and he loses to JD, he’s toast. […] So if you’re Rubio, every math ends with, I’m not gonna run.”
CONTEXT: The latest Kalshi odds put JD at 27%, Rubio at 25%, and DeSantis at 19%. DeSantis is up 7 POINTS since last night.
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November 4, 2026
During her Fox News show on Wednesday, Ingraham told viewers to “take a breath” over the devastating losses.
“True champions learn from failure. They’re not defeated by failure,” she said, adding that it is “obvious” that factors like energy prices, the cost of living, and opposition to the Iran conflict “drove new voters to the polls for Democrats and did so in record numbers.”
She went on to note that President Donald Trump could still lead the GOP to a 2028 victory, with one of the deciding factors being an end to the Middle East conflicts.
Vice President JD Vance noted in a lengthy X post that “everyone knows why we lost.”
“The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night,” he wrote on X in a post shared by the president’s own son.
Every word of this is 💯💯💯
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 4, 2026
“If you’d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so,” Vance wrote. “Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that’s at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.”
(Video: Fox News)
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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