U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from media at a press briefing at the White House, following a shooting incident during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2026.
The leadership at a top GOP super PAC has sounded an alarm to its party: the Republican Senate majority is “at risk.”
This comes via an internal memo shared with Politico and issued by the powerful GOP and Koch-aligned super PAC Americans for Prosperity Action. In it, prominent figures in the Republican party call on their fellow conservatives to focus on the cost-of-living crisis or be ready to lose big in the November midterms.
“As it stands today, our view is that the Republican Senate majority is at risk,” AFP senior adviser Emily Seidel and Executive Director Nathan Nascimento write. “Our internal polling in several battleground states and one-on-one conversations with voters show that for the first time, Democrats are more trusted on the economy and inflation.”
While the loss of their Senate majority seemed unthinkable just months ago, the plummeting approval rating of President Donald Trump has dragged down the whole party. Now, not only does it appear almost certain that Democrats will retake the House, but warning lights are blinking on the Senate as several previously “safe” Republican states have recently shifted purple. That signals a big bruising to come in the fast-approaching elections.
The loss of both houses of Congress would mean a dramatic blow to the Republican agenda. At the least, it will result in a major impediment to the president’s policies, which have proven wildly unpopular. At most, it could lead to his total removal from office. In a recent poll, the majority of voters expressed support for impeachment, including 1 in 5 people who voted for Trump in 2024.
In the face of what would be nothing short of political disaster, the APA memo presses Republicans to prioritize cost of living, which voters overwhelmingly noted as their top priority in the last presidential race.
“The window to act is now,” wrote the APA, urging a “relentless focus on driving costs down and keeping them low… Every policy fight, every floor speech, every campaign event should answer one question—what are you doing to lower the cost of living for working families?”
This comes as polling shows that Americans have an abysmal assessment of Trump and his party’s performance in regard to cost of living. In a new survey, it was found that a mere 22 percent approve of their handling of that specific issue — a historic low.
