Many MAGAworld figures are already pointing the finger of blame for their midterm losses squarely at President Donald Trump and his policies.
Trump spent Tuesday evening lashing out at Fox News for platforming the Democrats who swept aside their GOP opponents in deep red states and took control of the House and Senate.
“[Fox] bears responsibility for these losses by constantly and consistently putting on the Dumocrat opposition, and worse,” the president wrote on Truth Social. Later in the night, he called in to Fox News, where he congratulated the Democrats on their results.
Trump made clear that he doesn’t think the historic blowout was a reflection of his popularity, writing, “I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!” He then posted a picture of a red baseball hat with the word VETO embossed on the front.
But in the hours that followed, MAGA revolted.
Matt Walsh, a right-wing podcaster, called the results “a political catastrophe of historic proportions” and Trump “an 80-year-old lame-duck president.” Walsh blamed Trump’s decision to start a war with Iran and his focus on trivial matters like attempting to rename artificial intelligence super intelligence and the White House ballroom.
For right-wing commentator Mike Cernovich, it was Trump’s decision to ostracize libertarian voters that was partly to blame.
Mike Flynn, the disgraced former national security adviser who was among the most prominent voices pushing bogus conspiracies about the 2020 election being stolen, also blamed Trump, writing on X, “Someone needs to look in a mirror.” Flynn also blamed Christians for not showing up to vote.
But noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones had another take on why Trump was to blame.
“I think he’s a Democrat. I’m gonna just say it right now,” Jones said on his show Tuesday night. “I’ve tried to salvage Trump. I’ve not been sure. I’ve invested so much—maybe I was blind to it—I think he’s the ultimate Democrat sleeper cell, and he works for them. I’m 100 percent at war with Trump.”
Other MAGA figures like right-wing commentators Jack Posobiec and Nick Sortor both blamed Trump’s decision to start a war with Iran for the losses but didn’t directly name Trump in their posts.