Not Trump's fault? Sarah Huckabee Sanders on the midterm blame game

USA Today · , USA TODAY · 2026-11-06 10:01 UTC

Stay all in with Trump or create some distance? The freshly reelected Arkansas governor on a debate that is starting in the GOP.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders isn't one of those Republicans, many in states formerly known as red, who found themselves ousted from office in the midterm elections. But the freshly re-elected Arkansas governor does have some thoughts on what went wrong in the GOP.

Was it President Donald Trump? Not his fault, she says.

"I think each race has to be looked at independently, and the president, while he still remains the most influential voice in all of Republican politics − frankly, in all of politics − his name wasn't on the ballot," she said in an exclusive interview with USA TODAY about her new book, "Unapologetic," published Nov. 10 by St. Martin's Press. "And so I don't think that this can be a line drawn against him."

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