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Republicans will regain House majority, pick up 40 seats in midterm elections, Rep. McCaul predicts
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Republicans will flip the Home throughout November’s midterm elections, successful 40 seats in a landslide due to President Biden’s unpopularity on problems with inflation, fuel costs and international coverage, Rep. Michael McCaul predicted Sunday.
The Texas congressman and prime Republican on the Home Overseas Affairs Committee appeared on “Fox Information Sunday,” saying the GOP “feels very assured” they’ll regain the Home as a result of Biden is seen as a “weak president.”
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“I believe the polling exhibits this,” McCaul mentioned. “Traditionally, as nicely, the social gathering out of energy within the first time period within the White Home, we are going to decide up seats.”
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, predicted that Republicans will flip the Home because the Biden administration faces rising inflation and fuel costs.
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“All we want is 5 [seats],” McCaul continued. “I predict we will get in all probability not less than 40 seats as a result of this president has been so unpopular in relation to inflation, fuel costs, in my reign, the international coverage errors that he is made, and fairly frankly, they see him as a weak president.”
If Republicans can flip each the Home and Senate this fall, McCaul mentioned, the social gathering would push to return to former President Donald Trump’s border insurance policies, which the Biden administration largely rolled again after coming into the White Home.
“I don’t assume Mexico, although, will agree to do that once more,” McCaul mentioned. “They did below Trump, and it was working. I’m unsure it’s going to work below this administration.”
The midterm election local weather is anticipated to favor Republicans because the Democrat-led White Home faces excessive inflation because the economic system rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nevertheless, White Home press secretary Jen Psaki instructed Biden could assist Democrats keep away from a Republican midterm romp by evoking the phrase, “don’t examine me to the Almighty, examine me to the choice” – one thing Biden mentioned steadily as vp and whereas campaigning for the White Home in 2020.
“Actually, in case you have a look at the opposite facet, they don’t have anything within the cabinet. They haven’t any plan,” Psaki mentioned throughout a latest occasion for “Pod Save America.” “We might be saying that extra.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.