Jeffries says MAGA got its ‘a—’ kicked after Trump claims midterm elections were rigged against GOP

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times - Monday, November 9, 2026

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Monday called President Trump disrespectful for saying the midterm elections were rigged against Republicans, and said that “MAGA extremism” got its “a—” kicked by the American people.

Mr. Jeffries, New York Democrat and current frontrunner for the next speaker of the House, responded to an earlier social media post by Mr. Trump that questioned the election results, in which Democrats won a massive number of congressional seats and retook control of both chambers.

“I think it’s disrespectful that anyone would suggest that the election that took place was rigged,” Mr. Jeffries said.

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“The American people unleashed a good old-fashioned a— kicking on MAGA extremism and clearly and decisively sent a message that they want a Congress that’s going to put everyday Americans first. And that’s exactly what we intend to do as soon as we get the gavels,” he said.

Mr. Trump had asked in a social media post, “Does anybody really believe that this “Election” was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong???”

He said, “Some early voting ‘dumps’ were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote. It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter!”

The president had hinted in prior posts that he was suspicious of the midterm election results and reposted several charts to support his allegation that voters’ massive move toward Democrats was something potentially illegal.

He later referenced the still-to-be-called Alaska Senate race between Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan and former Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, where the Justice Department is investigating whether any illegality occurred when Democratic operatives recruited an Alaskan resident with the same name as Mr. Sullivan but a different middle initial.

Mr. Trump, who said Democrats intended to confuse voters and that the uncalled race is still close between Sen. Sullivan and Ms. Peltola, said that votes cast to the “fake” Dan Sullivan and another Republican whom Democrats allegedly recruited should go to Sen. Sullivan.

“So they stole it. And that election should be called right now because Dan Sullivan won easily,” he said. “If you add up the numbers now, if you add up the numbers for the second person they put in, he’s leading by 6,7000 [votes].”

Mr. Trump previously questioned the results of the 2020 election after he lost to then-President Biden, and some of his supporters felt the same way, leading to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol to protest the certification of the election.