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Trump questions midterm results, revives voting‑machine claims

politicsNov 9, 2026381,391

President Donald Trump on Monday questioned the legitimacy of the 2026 midterm results in a Truth Social post, writing "Does anybody really believe that this 'Election' was honest" and accusing voting machines of deciding outcomes. His post came six days after Republicans suffered historic losses nationwide, including unexpected Democratic wins in GOP strongholds such as Texas and South Carolina, and after Democrats regained majorities in both the Senate and House. The remarks marked a sharp pivot from an earlier conciliatory tone in which Trump told The New York Times he was "absolutely willing" to accept the midterm results and said he was "willing to work with Democrats." The president also announced he is replacing White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles with deputy Stephen Miller in the same post-midterms week. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer called Trump’s return to election denialism "pathetic" on X, tying the post to broader Democratic claims about Republican failures. The article notes Trump’s pattern of casting doubt on electoral losses after 2020, a pattern that the piece says culminated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of his supporters. Critics pointed to the recent midterm map, noting Republican control of some states that nonetheless produced major Democratic wins including Texas, Kansas, South Carolina, and Iowa.

Will Stancil
@whstancil.bsky.social

"It's good we let Trump off the hook for Jan. 6th, so the 2026 midterms were possible" Even if we set aside the thousands of dead and deported people, tthe hundreds of thousands of dead from USAID cuts, etc., "it's never coming back" is what people were saying in 2021, too.

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