Some senior Republicans in Congress have privately concluded that it will likely be impossible for them to keep control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, and they are now focused on limiting the size of the defeat and reclaiming the party’s majority in the Senate.
Five senior Republican lawmakers, all granted anonymity to speak candidly about their party’s dire situation, told POLITICO that the House is all but gone.
A senior Republican in the House of Representatives said the Republican Party’s goal at this point was to “save as many Republican seats as possible.” The president, this person said, was not helping.
“President Asset “He made this election all about him,” the lawmaker said. “Now we must weather this political storm.”
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