# Republicans tread carefully around Trump while reckoning with 2026 election defeat

https://mins.news/en/item/140370

- NBC News, 2026-11-12 10:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-hesitate-blame-trump-defeat-2026-elections-rcna608554

> The 2026 result ranks among the most damaging outcomes the party has seen in a century, but Republicans are sidestepping efforts to pin it on Trump—and are even less ready to use their clout to revise his agenda.

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