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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Thursday that Republicans could still win a majority in the 2026 midterm elections despite the party’s intense headwinds ahead of the pivotal November contest.
Polling indicates voters are souring on President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans ahead of the election, mainly driven by dissatisfaction with the economy. A recent AP-NORC poll found Trump’s approval rating on the economy had cratered to 30%, with a whopping 70% disapproving of the president’s job performance.
The election has high stakes and will effectively determine whether Trump enters 2027 as a lame duck with a Democratic Congress or maintains a Republican governing majority for the last two years of his presidency.
Scalise, in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Thursday, argued Republicans could still weather the storm caused in part by skyrocketing prices from the war with Iran.
