Top House Republican on Midterm Losses: Trump ‘Wasn’t on the Ballot’

Top House Republican on Midterm Losses: Trump ‘Wasn’t on the Ballot’
A photo released by Rep. Jim Banks' office on Aug. 9, 2022, shows former President Donald Trump and members of the committee at Trump's New Jersey residence. Office of Rep. Jim Banks/Twitter
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) said that Republicans’ 2022 midterm losses were not because of former President Donald Trump because he “wasn’t on the ballot.”

“Donald Trump remains a very popular figure in the Republican Party in each corner of the country,” Banks, the head of the influential Republican Study Committee, told Fox News Sunday. Banks added that when the 45th president was on the ballot in 2020 and 2016, Republicans “won a lot more seats” than in 2018.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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