# Why did Trump’s Republicans lose the US midterms?

https://mins.news/en/video/129565

- BBC News, 2026-11-04 19:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVYnYzeY-9A

> Democrats won control of both chambers in the 2026 US midterms, flipping seats in conservative strongholds including Texas, Kansas and South Carolina. Jon Ossoff called the result a rebuke of Donald Trump, while Vice-President JD Vance blamed the Iran war for the Republicans’ poor showing.

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