Surprise, surprise: President Trump suggests the midterms were rigged

The president had appeared to accept the Democrats’ sweeping victories. His latest comments drew exasperated responses, even from some allies.

Well, you knew this was coming.

Two weeks after suggesting he would accept the results of the 2026 midterm elections, even if the Democrats had a good night, Trump woke up on Monday morning and reverted to his old playbook.

As he has done repeatedly without evidence about the 2020 presidential election, Trump questioned the legitimacy of this year’s midterm elections.

Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday: “Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong??? Some early voting ‘dumps’ were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote. It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter!”

First, the polls were not wrong. Most polls predicted that the Democrats would have a big night, even in places such as Texas, where polls showed Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico knocking off Republican Ken Paxton. In fact, noted pollster Nate Silver gave the Democrats a 96% chance of winning the House and an 80% chance of taking the Senate.