Trump Questions Fairness of US Congressional Midterms After Republican Defeat
US President Donald Trump said on 9 November on social media that he doubts the fairness of the recent congressional midterm elections. In them, the Democratic Party regained control of both chambers of Congress.
US President Donald Trump on 9 November questioned the fairness of the recently held midterm elections to Congress, in a post on his social network account “Truth Social”. In the vote, his Republican Party lost control of both chambers of the US legislature, the Senate and the House of Representatives, so the president's statement touches on the balance of political power in the country for the coming period.
What Trump wrote
“Does anyone really believe these ‘elections’ were fair? How could the polls differ so much from reality?” the president asks. He also writes that some early vote “adjustments” were so large that winning was impossible no matter how many people turned out to vote. According to Trump, voting machines decided everything and proved more important than the voters themselves.
What came before
The tone differs from his reaction a few days earlier. On 4 November, when the first results became known, he acknowledged them and congratulated the Democratic Party on its victory. He then explained the Republican defeat by saying his name had not been on the ballots.
Election results
The Democrats won convincingly. In the Senate they secured 54 seats, while the Republicans got 44. In the House of Representatives the Democratic Party won more than 250 seats, and the Republicans were left with about 160. The Democrats also won in several important states, including Texas.
