# Is Trump to blame for the Republicans’ midterm defeat?

https://mins.news/en/video/130047

- DW News, 2026-11-05 02:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAC14Z3Rb4I

> Republicans suffered a crushing midterm defeat as Democrats swept both chambers of Congress. Trump deflected blame, saying Republicans would have won if he had been on the ballot. DW speaks with Republican adviser and pollster Whit Ayres about whether the Iran war, gas prices or Trump himself drove the loss, who Republicans blame and what it could mean for 2028.

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