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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson blamed voters Monday in response to the Republican Party’s crushing midterm losses last week.

Since the results of Tuesday’s elections, the GOP has been left scrambling for explanations as to what exactly went so wrong. In a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration’s actions, Vice President JD Vance placed the blame squarely on the war in Iran. The conflict, which began in February, has caused energy prices to soar across the globe. Americans have felt those increases at both the gas pump and th grocery store.

For a long time, the message from President Donald Trump was that the rising prices were simply “small-term” pain to ensure that Iran never possessed a nuclear weapon. On Tuesday night, even he acknowledged that pain likely cost his party.

On Capitol Hill, CNN’s Manu Raju asked Johnson about the midterms and the future of the Trump administration. Johnson boldly declared that voters to blame for the results, saying:

I’m not going to tell the president how to do his job. We have an incredible record of the first two years of his term, and I expect more success in the days ahead. I’m sorry the voters made the wrong choice. I really do believe that this next two years is going to be a bit of a circus. It’s going to be chaos, and I hate to say that, but I think that’s where the Democrats are going to lead the House. And that’s a great tragedy. It really is because If we had kept the majority, we would stay on course to continue delivering for the people, and I just don’t know how that’s going to work going forward.

Asked Speaker Johnson if Trump should course correct after last week’s sweeping losses:

“I’m not going to tell the president how to do his job,” he told me. “I’m sorry that the voters made the wrong choice. I really do believe that this next two years is going to be a bit of a… pic.twitter.com/vWikoebwzr

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 9, 2026

Earlier that day, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Johnson made it clear he was strongly opposed to the move, but did not say if the GOP had the necessary votes to squash the effort.

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