Mike Johnson blasts voters over Election Day choices
The gist
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters he's sorry voters made the "wrong choice" in the midterms.
Democrats won the House, and Johnson predicts "chaos" under their control.
How it unfolded
- Nov 9, 2026Back at the Capitol after the midterms, Johnson told reporters "I'm sorry that the voters made the wrong choice" and declined to tell Trump how to do his job when CNN's Manu Raju asked whether Trump needs to "course correct."
- Nov 10, 2026Reports published of Johnson blaming voters and predicting a Democrat-led House will be "a bit of a circus" and "chaos."
- Nov 10, 2026Reports noted Democrats won key Senate races in Texas, Iowa and Kansas, with Gina Hinojosa elected the first Latina governor of Texas and Keisha Lance Bottoms the first Black woman governor in U.S. history.
Key terms
- House Speaker
- The presiding officer of the US House of Representatives, who leads the chamber and its majority party.
- midterms
- US general elections held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term, when all House seats and about a third of Senate seats are contested.
- blue tsunami
- An election in which the Democratic Party makes major gains, named after the blue color associated with Democrats.
Source: Wikipedia