Ben Shapiro Makes Dire Midterms Prediction For The GOP: ‘They Are In For A World Of Hurt’ | EUROtoday

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has joined a burgeoning refrain of Republicans predicting catastrophe for his or her celebration within the 2026 midterm elections, admitting in a dialog with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) that the GOP ought to put together for defeat.

Shapiro admitted as a lot in Thursday’s episode of his podcast after Newsom took cost throughout a phase of rapid-fire questions, asking the Daily Wire co-founder, “I mean, Republicans have no chance in this midterm, right?”

“I think that they are in for a world of hurt right now in the midterms,” mentioned Shapiro. “They’re the incumbent party, they have a bare majority — that alone would put them behind the eight ball. There are not a lot of swing districts that are left because of all the redistricting, but the swing districts that are left seem to be trending more blue.”

Newsom requested how massive a mistake it was for Republicans to oppose extending Affordable Care Act medical health insurance subsidies amid final yr’s authorities shutdown, prompting Shapiro to confess that this was “obviously” a “political loser” for the celebration.

Shapiro additionally mentioned that the GOP can have it that a lot more durable within the midterms as a result of President Donald Trump “isn’t on the ballot,” which the president himself used as an excuse after Democrats swept key races throughout off-year elections in November.

Shapiro vowed forward of the 2016 presidential election that he would “never” vote for Trump, calling him a mendacity “ignoramus” on the time who lacks “brain cells” and dangerously appeals to the racist alt-right — earlier than endorsing him in each 2020 and 2024.

On Thursday, he criticized Trump’s coverage of tariffs on U.S. imports and raised issues that Trump’s ongoing mass deportation agenda is “in practicality, probably not fulfillable.”

“I don’t understand why we are attempting to make Greenland our 51st state,” Shapiro mentioned about Trump threatening to accumulate or annex the self-governing territory of Denmark. “It seems to me we already have defense agreements. I think that’s silly.”

However, European leaders appeared to search out Trump’s Greenland feedback removed from “silly.” Greenland’s celebration leaders final week shared blunt phrases for the MAGA chief, and on Tuesday, a senior Greenland authorities official mentioned “children are afraid” of a possible battle with the U.S.

Shapiro isn’t the one conservative warning of attainable doom for the GOP within the midterms. Fox News host Laura Ingraham, her former colleague Bill O’Reilly and Republican strategist Karl Rove have all voiced issues a few political upset.