Trump, Republicans Trade Blame After Losing 2 Chambers in Midterm Rout
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 4
Trump, Republicans Trade Blame After Losing 2 Chambers in Midterm Rout
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 4
Summary
Republicans lost control of both the House and Senate on Tuesday, triggering an immediate blame fight between President Trump and members of his own party.
Trump told The New York Times the drubbing happened because he was not on the ballot, arguing Republicans failed to turn out enough voters without him.
Republicans instead pinned the defeat on Trump’s decisions over the past year, citing his tariffs, the unpopular war in Iran that pushed up prices, and his backing of weak candidates.
Jason Roe, a Republican strategist in Michigan, called Trump “the engineer of the Republican collapse,” underscoring how quickly the party’s worst midterm showing in decades turned into an internal reckoning.