Bret Baier tells Trump the results were close to what Fox polls showed
Bret BaierFox News chief political anchor, co-anchoring the network's election-night coverage
Trump, calling in to Fox News's election-night coverage, says the Fox polls are terrible, and anchor Bret Baier answers that the results were pretty close to what the Fox polls showed. Aired shortly after midnight Eastern on November 4, 2026.
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When Trump called in to Fox News on election night and said its polls were terrible, Baier answered that the night's results were pretty close to what the Fox polls showed.
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Trump says Fox News bears responsibility for Republicans' losses in the November 3, 2026 midterms because it constantly and consistently puts the Democratic opposition on the air.
“But tonight, actually, the results are pretty close to what the Fox polls showed”
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Trump says Fox News bears responsibility for Republicans' midterm losses; Bret Baier says results were close to Fox polls
Shortly before midnight Eastern time on election night, President Trump wrote that Fox News bears responsibility for Republicans' midterm losses by putting Democrats on the air. Minutes later, when he told Fox on a call that its polls were terrible, anchor Bret Baier answered that the night's results were close to what Fox polls showed.
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A clip of Trump's election-night call to Fox News, posted by journalist Aaron Rupar shortly after it aired. Trump says he read at Fox that he is not popular, calls the Fox polls terrible and tells the anchors to get a good pollster. Bret Baier answers that the night's results were pretty close to what the Fox polls showed, and Trump replies that he does not know about that and was speaking for himself.
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Roll Call Factbase transcript of Trump's election-night interview on Fox News. Asked about the takeaways from the night, Trump says part of it was Iran but that people understood the importance of what he had done there. Asked about exit polls on the war, he says he thinks the gasoline price, not the war, was the cause, and that he was not on the ballot.
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TheWrap reports that after posting that Fox News bears responsibility for the losses, Trump called in to the network, said the Fox polls were terrible and told the anchors to get a good pollster. It quotes Bret Baier's answer that the results were pretty close to what the Fox polls showed and Trump's reply that he was speaking for himself.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)President Trump calls the Fox News polls terrible and Bret Baier replies that the night's results are close to them, during Fox News election night coverage, Nov. 4, 2026.
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Calling in to Fox News on election night, Trump says a CNN poll put him at 99 percent among Republicans, that he then read at Fox that he is not popular, that the Fox polls are terrible, and that the anchors ought to get a good pollster because theirs is the worst.
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Trump replies that he does not know about that and is speaking for himself, says Fox's results for him were wrong for 12 years, and adds that he does not care and it does not matter.
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The reference point is Trump's election-night claim that Fox News bears responsibility for Republicans' losses in the November 3, 2026 midterms, one of several complaints he made that night about the network's guests, ratings and polls. Minutes after posting the claim, Trump told Fox on air that its polls were terrible and its pollster the worst. Baier answers that the results were close to what Fox's polls showed, which disputes Trump's description of the network's polling. He does not address the broader claim of responsibility, so condemns does not fit.
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The Dispute Index. "Bret Baier tells Trump the results were close to what Fox polls showed". First published: 2026-11-09. Last updated: 2026-11-09. https://disputeindex.com/events/8401-when-trump-called-in-to-fox-news-on