Why House Republicans Say These Trump Midterms Won’t Be Like Those Trump Midterms

“This isn’t your typical first-term president going into the first midterm,” NRCC Chair Richard Hudson told NOTUS.

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President Donald Trump’s first House midterms were a beatdown that positioned Democrats to stymie the remainder of his legislative agenda.

In 2018, Democrats flipped 41 seats — 18 more than they needed for Nancy Pelosi to reclaim the speaker’s gavel.

Plotting for Trump’s second midterms is heating up, and Democrats are eager to recreate the magic. House Republicans, though, are hungry to prevent another blue wave — and are showing confidence that they can break with history.