Vice President JD Vance has said out loud why Republicans lost the midterms. Their voters turned out, he says, but many who voted for Trump and Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats this time, and a pollster who called the result gave him their four reasons: end the war, focus on the cost of living, put America First, and change the relationship with Israel. His conclusion is blunt: the reason we lost is the war. President Trump agrees that the Iran war and rising oil prices cost them, and says it was worth it and he would do it again.

Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne opens with what he posted the morning after the vote. He had warned for years that Republicans were scuttling the ship, that many in the party love the party rather than the country, that many are bought and owned by big business and lobbyists, and that the only hope for the nation is an on fire Holy Ghost church. Congressman Thomas Massie explains why the next Congress will not be any different. Before the new members are even sworn in, he says, they will go behind closed doors to pick their leaders and pledge their votes to the red team and the blue team, who are secretly playing on the same team. He compares them to Jack trading the family cow for magic beans, except in this version the beans never sprout and the lobbyists eat the beef.
Also in the show: Ted Cruz on Republicans losing every statewide race in Texas, Abdul El-Sayed in a heated confrontation with a Sky News reporter hours before winning his Senate seat, and Georgia election officials discovering a missing memory card with 388 uncounted votes that flipped a state House race from Democrat to Republican. President Trump announces an end to annual aid to Israel and Massie calls it a desperate Election Day lie. Reports say Speaker Mike Johnson will step down and that Stephen Miller will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff. And Melania Trump is thanked by both Russian and Ukrainian envoys for brokering a ceasefire that freed nearly 800 civilians, before only Russia’s negotiator was taken in to see the president. Plus a greeting from Paris, where Dr. Rodney and Adonica Howard-Browne are ministering with Holy Ghost and Fire Europe.