Former President Trump blamed the “abortion issue” for Republicans underperforming expectations in the 2022 midterm elections.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Sunday that many in the GOP handled the issue poorly, especially those who “firmly” insisted on no exceptions to bans on the procedure, including in instances of rape and incest.
He also said he is not to blame for the party’s performance, responding to many in the GOP who have pointed to him as a reason for its losses.
Republicans had hoped to make sweeping gains in both houses of Congress, but the party failed to win control of the Senate and only won a narrow majority in the House. Many Trump-backed candidates who were viewed as weaker general election choices than their primary opponents but more loyal to the former president lost in key congressional and gubernatorial races.
Trump said Republican voters who pushed against abortion for decades “got their wish” from the Supreme Court in overturning Roe v. Wade and “just plain disappeared.

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