Trump questions midterm election integrity days after saying he accepted the results
Less than a week after congratulating Democrats, the president asked whether the election was honest and offered no evidence of fraud.
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US President Donald Trump has questioned midterm election integrity less than a week after he said he accepted the results, Al Jazeera reported on 9 November 2026. In a Truth Social post on Monday he asked, “Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest,” and offered no evidence of fraud. Democrats won both chambers of Congress.
What Trump said on Truth Social about midterm election integrity
The post also asked, “How could the Polls be so wrong???” and claimed that “Some early voting ‘dumps’ were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote,” Time reported. He added, “It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter!” Time noted that the post did not explain what he meant.
Key numbers
- Less than 1 week: the gap between his congratulations to Democrats and Monday’s post.
- 23 of 27: the governor and US Senate races in which a Pew analysis found pre-election polls understated the Democratic margin by at least 2 points.
- 62: the lawsuits Trump and allies filed to challenge the 2020 result, according to the House 6 January committee as cited by Time.
- 1: the win among those suits, a narrow Pennsylvania ruling that did not establish fraud.
How the post reverses his earlier remarks
On 27 October Trump said he would respect the results “if they’re honest elections,” Time reported. On election night he told CBS News, “My message is, congratulations to the Democrats, and I look forward to working with you for the good of our country.” Al Jazeera said he told The New York Times he “absolutely” accepted the results. On Sunday’s 60 Minutes he said working with Democrats on immigration was “actually doable.”
What people said
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on X that Trump’s “return to election denialism was inevitable,” Al Jazeera reported. Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly, who backed Trump in 2024, replied to his claims on X with “Just stop.” Al Jazeera said Republicans have increasingly distanced themselves from Trump since the losses. Republicans had questioned before the vote whether polls were again underestimating them, but the Pew analysis found the error ran the other way.
What happens next
The reports do not say whether Trump or his allies plan any legal challenge, and neither quotes election officials. The new Congress takes over on 3 January 2027, as we reported. Read more about Donald Trump, the US midterms 2026 aftermath, our report on the US midterm results and the Senate GOP leadership election, or see our World pages.
The post revives election-fraud claims as a Democratic Congress prepares to take over on 3 January 2027. The reports do not say whether any legal challenge is planned, and no election officials are quoted.