Despite previously vowing to contest the results of the 2026 midterm elections unless Republicans won them, a new report reveals that President Donald Trump is willing to accept the Democrats' massive victories on Tuesday night, from South Carolina to Texas.
"President Trump said Tuesday night that he would accept the results of the midterm elections and was prepared to work with Democrats," reported The New York Times' Erica L. Green and Tyler Pager on Tuesday. "“I am absolutely willing to accept those results,” he said in an interview with The New York Times. He added: “We’ll work with the Democrats, and we’ll, you know, look forward to working with them. We’ll probably work something out.”"
Green and Pager continued, "Mr. Trump blamed Republican losses on the fact that he was not on the ballot and said he had no regrets about endorsing candidates such as Senator Darline Graham, Republican of South Carolina, and Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas. His comments came as Democrats were on track to take control of the House and the Senate, with Ms. Graham having lost her race and Mr. Paxton trailing in his campaign for the Senate. Mr. Trump spoke to The Times shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday night, while he was watching election results at the White House."
They added that Trump was particularly astonished that Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) lost to Democratic nominee Dr. Annie Andrews, asking "Wow, that’s amazing. How do you think Lindsey would have done if he ran?”
Speaking to AlterNet in April, Dan Vicuña — the Senior Policy Director for Voting and Fair Representation at Common Cause, a nonprofit good government group with a distinguished pedigree tracing back to 1970 — warned that Trump was planning on stealing the midterm elections.
“What they all add up to is a desire to avoid any accountability to the voters in the midterm elections — to ensure, to preordain the outcome of a midterm that he thinks is going to go badly for him,” Vicuña told AlterNet. “We know, from the Big Lie of the 2020 election to spurring on a violent revolt to overthrow a free and fair election, that he has no respect for democratic norms, for the voice of the people. This is entirely about his own power and his own ego. He will even invest in protecting that ego and protecting his power at the expense of the needs of the public. People are suffering with high gas prices and affordability issues, and he does not care. All that matters is protecting his power, and he has no interest in whether he does that through democratic means.”
He added, “I think this all adds up to a desire to ensure that his party stays in power and his ability to do what he wants — to attack vulnerable communities — remains intact.”
