John Cornyn Warns GOP Forgot 4 ‘Basic’ Rules After Midterm Bloodbath

Newsweek · Anna Commander · 2026-11-05 03:05 UTC

Tuesday night resulted in sweeping losses for the Republican Party as they lost control of both the House and the Senate.

Outgoing Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas warned that the writing was on the wall for the party ahead of the midterm elections, saying the results were foreseeable as the GOP "forgot four basic rules of coalition politics."

Cornyn argued in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that a successful Republican coalition adds, not subtracts, and that candidates should be likable, keep campaign promises, and that character and integrity still matter.

Tuesday night resulted in sweeping losses for the Republican Party as they lost control of both the House and the Senate. President Donald Trump attempted to distance himself from the blue wave, saying he wasn't on the ballot, but if he was, "we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!"

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