US mid-term elections: Republican rage against Trump, McConnell – BBC News

The House has not yet decided the majority.

Control of the House is still likely to be won by Republicans. If that happens, Biden’s various plans will fail. But as votes continue to be counted, the number of seats expected to be won by Republicans with a majority is dwindling.

National broadcasters reported last weekend that Democrats had secured seats in Senate races in Arizona and Nevada, confirming they would retain control of the Senate.

“This is the third election that Trump has done badly,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a longtime Trump critic, told CNN on Thursday.

“He said we’d be tired of winning, but I’m actually tired of losing.”

It has become customary for the ruling party to lose seats in midterm elections. The Democrats’ performance this year is considered the best of any party in government for at least two decades.

“People in Washington said we couldn’t win. They said it was because of the story,” Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California told ABC.

Pelosi said Democrats still “never accepted expert opinion” and focused on “the difference between them and their opponents.”

As of Wednesday, Pelosi is one of several Democrats who backed Biden for re-election in 2024.

White House senior adviser Anita Dunn said she would soon announce her decision on Biden without being swayed by “what the other side is doing or what the other candidates are doing,” she told CBS News.

Dunn also said the midterm election results are “very important” to the Democratic agenda. Biden said he believes he is “the right person to continue the progress we’ve made.”

If Mr. Biden runs for re-election, there will likely be a rematch in 2020. Trump is expected to formally announce his intention to run for president in 2024 on Thursday.

The prospect of such an announcement is upending – or solidifying – old loyalties within the Republican Party. Trump’s allies attacked lawmakers who criticized him, led by Senate Majority Leader McConnell.

“The branding of the Republican Party established by Mitch McConnell and others is not persuasive and has failed to convince voters,” former Trump adviser Stephen Miller told Fox News.