# Trump faults Fox News for midterm losses as hosts spare him criticism

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trump-blamed-fox-news-for-republican-losses-even-as-networks-hosts-went-easy-on-him/
- Published: 2026-11-04T12:30:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T13:12:34+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/trump-blames-fox-news-republican-losses
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Trump blamed Fox News for Republican losses in the midterms.
- Fox’s election-night panel mostly avoided blaming Trump.
- Commentators cited messaging and the Iran war’s effect on fuel prices.

## Summary

Donald Trump blamed Fox News for Republicans’ losses in the US midterm elections, accusing the network of giving Democrats airtime and using poor pollsters. The criticism came even as Fox’s election-night commentators largely avoided pinning the party’s setbacks on Trump or suggesting Republicans should distance themselves from him.

During more than six and a half hours of coverage, Fox commentators cited the historical difficulties presidents’ parties face in midterms and faulted the White House’s messaging, as well as Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran and the resulting rise in petrol prices. Trump criticised Fox’s polls during a call to the network, but anchor Bret Baier said the results were close to what its polling had shown; former press secretary Karoline Leavitt instead blamed the media for voters’ views.

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