GOP Panic setting in over midterms as Trump begins Blame game

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Oct 16, 2026

With less than three weeks until the midterms, House Republican panic has set in, according to reporting from Punchbowl News. The outlet reports that a growing number of GOP lawmakers from deep red states across the country are approaching Republican super PACs as polls show them losing or on the brink of falling behind their Democratic opponents. Meanwhile, President Trump posted on social media that if Ken Paxton loses his Senate race in Texas, Sen. John Cornyn and Republican strategist Karl Rove are to blame. MS NOW chief political reporter Chris Jansing joins Way Too Early to break it all down.