For any Republican who pays attention to cultural discourse, it’s not exactly a shocker to hear that President Donald Trump’s GOP could be in hot (blue) water come the 2026 midterms.
Even setting aside the inherent disadvantages that Republicans face (like the “midterm penalty,” the phenomenon where the party that wins the presidency almost always loses congressional seats in the midterms), the GOP is also facing deeply divisive issues like the Jeffrey Epstein files and the fact that some Americans haven’t felt the economic salve that’s been promised to them.
And there’s also the matter of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.