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President Trump said his strategy if the GOP loses control of the House and the Senate would be to “become Mr. Veto.”
“Well, if that happens, I guess I’ll become Mr. Veto. I’m not going to let them through,” Trump said during an interview with Fox News. “And then at some point, we’ll probably make deals. That’s what’s happened to me. This wouldn’t be the first time you’ll have a president, and he won’t have the House or the Senate.”
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said what Democrats did in Alaska “seems to be pretty dumb” following reports the party participated in recruiting another candidate who shared the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) to dilute the GOP’s vote in the state.
“Yeah, frankly what the Democrats did in Alaska seems to be pretty dumb but…it’s not illegal,” Sanders said during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
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Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) said he would accept the election results of the upcoming 2026 elections, even if he lost, following a Justice Department (DOJ) lawsuit attempting to invalidate election results if his opponent, former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), won.
Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sullivan was asked by host Jake Tapper if he would only accept the election results if he won.
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Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Joe Gruters acknowledged that Republicans are facing issues with voter turnout amid heightened pressure for the GOP to maintain control of Congress.
“Is there a turnout problem for Republicans?” NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt asked Gruters on “The Hill Sunday.”
“Yes, but Democrats tend to turn out early. We tend to vote on Election Day. We expect large turnouts across this country. We know our base is motivated,” the RNC chair responded.
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) on Sunday dodged on whether he would accept the Alaska Senate election results in the case that Democrat Mary Peltola is victorious in the race against Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).
During an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Kristen Welker asked the Palmetto State senator on possibly accepting the Alaska Senate results. Scott did not give a straightforward answer when Welker questioned him initially, so she pressed him again.
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Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Sunday said he thinks the Republican Party will “debate” the future of the MAGA movement should the GOP fare poorly in Tuesday’s elections.
When asked by Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” if an unsatisfactory midterm performance might signal the “beginning of the end for the MAGA movement,” Bacon responded, “I do think there will be a debate in the party, and I think we need it.”
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said he would stop further funding for U.S. military action in Iran amid growing voter dissatisfaction with the ongoing war effort.
“I would stop the funding. The House and the Senate should stop the funding for any further actions in the Iran War. That’s what we did to stop the Vietnam War, and we need to stop this war in Iran,” Khanna expressed while appearing on Fox News’s “Sunday.”
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Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said there is a “big possibility” that former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) won’t be seated even if she wins Alaska’s Senate race following reports that her campaign participated in a “ballot-stacking” scheme.
Appearing on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning,” Comer was asked if there was a possibility Peltola would not be seated even if she won the election.
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