President Trump questions integrity of recent US midterm elections
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Donald Trump used Truth Social to push baseless fraud insinuations about the latest midterm results, while Senate leader Chuck Schumer blasted the remarks as a familiar return to election denialism.
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday casting doubt on whether the recent midterm elections were honest, asking, "Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest? How could the Polls be so wrong???" The comments came less than a week after the president had congratulated Democrats on their victories and said he was willing to accept the results.
Trump also claimed that some early-voting ballot counts were unusually large, suggesting they made it impossible for Republicans to win, though he offered no evidence of fraud. The president has shared additional posts with graphs that he says challenge voter-turnout data, continuing a pattern of inflammatory claims without proof.
Polls before the election had projected a strong showing for Democrats, indicating the party was positioned to take control of the House and had a realistic chance in the Senate. A Pew Research analysis found that pre-election polling underestimated Democratic margins by at least two points in most governor and Senate races.
Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer responded on X, calling the president’s remarks a return to election denialism and saying, "He can whine all he wants, but nothing will stop this inescapable truth: For the last two years of his presidency, Trump will face the largest Democratic congressional majorities in decades, all because he has been an unprecedented failure."
Republican figures have begun distancing themselves from Trump after the party’s midterm losses, as even some conservative allies appear tired of his relentless grievance politics. Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly, who supported Trump in 2024, posted on X urging him to "Just stop."