GOP lawmakers are growing increasingly concerned over signs the 2026 midterm elections could be a wipeout for Republicans that could cost them control of the House and shave down their Senate majority by two or three seats.
There’s growing anxiety in the Senate and House GOP conferences that Trump’s sinking approval rating will create a headwind in swing states and districts.
But GOP lawmakers say they still have time to improve their party’s image before next November.
The last time Republicans played with tariffs, it took them about a decade to regain power and about three decades to regain the initiative in the debate. Unless they break democracy and invalidate the results somehow, I think that’s where we’re headed.