David Pakman cites Trump blaming Fox News as a sign Republicans learned nothing
David PakmanHost of The David Pakman Show, in a post on Bluesky
Pakman writes that Republicans lost everything and learned nothing, pointing to Trump blaming Fox News, and says they deserve the result.
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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.
“They lost everything, and they've learned nothing. Trump blaming Fox News.”
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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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Pakman writes that Republicans lost everything and learned nothing, citing Trump blaming Fox News and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blaming voters, and says they are not learning any lessons from the result.
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TheWrap reports that shortly after the Senate was projected to flip to Democrats, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Fox News bears responsibility for the losses. It quotes his earlier posts that evening about Jessica Tarlov, the Fox News Poll and Fox ratings, and says a Fox News representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Shortly after the Senate was projected to flip to Democrats, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Fox News bears responsibility for the losses.
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Pakman continues that Karoline Leavitt blamed voters who did not realize they had lots of money, and that Republicans deserve the result and are not learning any lessons from it.
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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. Pakman presents Trump's blaming of Fox News as evidence that Republicans have learned nothing from their losses, a direct criticism of the claim and of Trump for making it.
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