Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) refused to answer a direct question from a reporter about whether Democrats would win a majority in the Senate or the House in the 2026 midterm elections.
Schiff spoke to a crowd with a megaphone at the George Soros-funded “No Kings” protest in Washington, D.C.
However, he wouldn’t answer when a reporter from Breitbart News asked him:
“Do you think that Democrats will take the House and Senate?”
“I’m gonna join the march, I’m sorry,” he told the reporter.
When asked a second time, a man standing in front of Schiff intervened and said:
“We’re not doing interviews right now, thank you.”
Republicans have a level of hope that they can hold on to their majorities, based on some redistricting efforts and another fact Majority Whip Tom Emmer pointed out earlier this month.
“Democrats… have 13 of their members in seats that Donald Trump won in the last presidential election,” he said.
“We only have three.”
Emmer said he expects “we’ll not only hold onto it, but we will expand it to some extent.”
It would be unusual for Republicans to hold onto the House with the very slim margin they currently have there, since the party in power generally loses seats in the midterms.
President Donald Trump said he may hold a Republican National Convention before the midterms, similar to the one held during a presidential election year.
He expressed confidence in August about how his party was doing so far:
“The Republican Party is doing really well. Millions of people have joined us in our quest to MAKE AMERICA, GREAT AGAIN.
“We won every aspect of the Presidential Election and, based on the great success we are having, are poised to WIN BIG IN THE MIDTERMS.
“We have raised far more money than the Democrats, and are having a great time fixing all of the Country Destroying mistakes made by the Biden Administration, and watching the USA heal and prosper.
“The results are incredible, a record pace!!!”
It would be a feat for the GOP to maintain majorities in both houses of Congress after the midterms.
However, Democrats have been busy shooting themselves in the foot left and right since Trump was elected, so you never know.
Another thing that helps Republicans’ chances of maintaining their majorities in Congress is a recent Supreme Court ruling that reversed a part of the Voting Rights Act aimed at stopping states from redistricting in such a way that a minority group loses the majority in that district.
If Republican-led states redistrict affected districts as a result of this ruling, it could mean a net gain of 19 House seats, making it that much harder for Democrats to gain a majority.
These two factors are probably the reason Schiff isn’t willing to declare victory now.
Politics has become too unpredictable to get overconfident more than a year before a consequential election.
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