As the GOP’s blame game begins, Trump points the finger at … Fox News?

Donald Trump is trying to deflect blame for his party's heavy midterm losses, and on election night he settled on an unlikely culprit: Fox News. MS NOW reports that he posted online accusing the network of running "hit job" polls, giving too much airtime to Democrats, and finally bearing responsibility for the defeats.

The move fits a pattern. Since August, Trump had been preparing to distance himself from a poor showing, telling Punchbowl News that voters' anger was aimed at the GOP rather than at him. He also amplified a conservative influencer's warning that Republicans were badly mishandling the moment. Yet he had urged the party to treat the election as a referendum on his presidency. In a late-night call with Fox News, he said the Iran war pushed up gas prices, which he called a short-term problem, and that some candidates he endorsed had fought him. He insisted the results were not a hit on him.

Some Republicans disagree.

Summarized by PolitiKool from MS NOW’s reporting. Read the full story at MS NOW →