How Republican 2028 hopefuls are handling the midterm losses

The Democratic Party’s midterm election dominance on Tuesday sent a shockwave through the Republican Party, underscoring fissures in its coalition and potentially upending the 2028 presidential field overnight.

Finger-pointing began immediately after Tuesday night’s election, which produced at least 54 Democratic Senate seats and north of 250 House seats, as several pundits blamed the president’s insistence on prioritizing renovations of the East Wing ballroom and Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool over high gas and diesel prices stemming from the Iran war.