{"id":2644387,"date":"2026-08-13T12:46:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-unpopularity-may-cost-gop-house-fuel-impeachment\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:47:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:47:49","slug":"trumps-unpopularity-may-cost-gop-house-fuel-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-unpopularity-may-cost-gop-house-fuel-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s unpopularity may cost GOP House, fuel impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-unpopularity-may-cost-gop-house-fuel-impeachment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2644387&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hugo Gurdon,the editorial director of Washington Examiner,expressed concerns that President Donald Trump\u2019s decreasing popularity could pose problems for republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.He highlighted that Trump\u2019s unpopularity is growing, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-lawmakers-join-forces-against-n-y-gov-cuomo\/\" title=\"Bipartisan lawmakers join forces against N.Y. Gov. Cuomo\">recent poll showing<\/a> only 33% of Americans approve of his performance-the lowest during his second term. Gurdon suggested that in states like Wisconsin, candidates might find it favorable to distance themselves from Trump to improve their chances. Although ancient trends indicate that the president&#8217;s party typically loses around 25 House seats in midterms, Gurdon believes the likelihood of Democrats regaining control of the House is high, with Republicans more likely to retain the Senate. He also discussed the potential for a third impeachment of Trump should Democrats retake the House,noting that Democratic leaders might be hesitant despite ongoing pressure due to his unpopularity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pressure-mounts-on-sheldon-whitehouse-to-resign-in-shame-over-ties-to-racist-beach-club\/\" title=\"Pressure Mounts on Sheldon White... To Resign in Shame Over Ties to Racist Beach Club\">recent political developments<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> editorial director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/hugo-gurdon\/\">Hugo Gurdon<\/a> said that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> declining popularity could create significant issues for Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections, making another impeachment effort more likely if Democrats regain control of the House. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPresident Trump is decreasingly popular. His unpopularity is increasing,\u201d Gurdon said on CNN\u2019s<em> Lauren Coates Live<\/em> on Wednesday. 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I think that one of the things that we have to remember, where we look at the various little things, the differences between one state and another and the middle, and the fact is that history suggests that Republicans are gonna have a very difficult time trying to hold the House, anyway,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gurdon said that trend makes a Democratic takeover of the House more likely than Republicans losing control of the chamber, while suggesting the GOP has a stronger chance of retaining the Senate. \u201cI mean, the Democrats, it would need to be a miracle for the Democrats to lose a House. I think it\u2019s much more likely that the Republicans would hold the Senate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4684167\/trump-approval-rating-new-low-62-percent-disapprove\/\"><strong>TRUMP\u2019S APPROVAL RATING SINKS TO NEW LOW AT 33%<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gurdon also weighed in on the possibility of a third impeachment attempt if Democrats retake the House, noting that Democratic leaders may be reluctant to pursue another effort. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDemocrats have impeached President Trump twice. I don\u2019t know that the leadership really wants to go there again, but there\u2019ll be a lot of pressure, because, you know, Trump is extremely unpopular, continues to be extremely unpopular with the Democrats, and he\u2019s probably given them some ammunition, too,\u201d Gurdon said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gurdon: Trump\u2019s falling popularity may hurt GOP in 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2644388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26208624978623-e1786625271801.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6203,3636,3634],"class_list":["post-2644387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gop","tag-impeachment","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26208624978623-e1786625271801.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644387"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644391,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644387\/revisions\/2644391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2644388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}