Ex-Trump staffer says Republicans should see ‘the writing on the wall’ ahead of midterms

Sarah Matthews, who served as White House deputy press secretary during Donald Trump’s first administration, now predicts the midterms will be “brutal” for Republicans, telling MS NOW’s “The Weeknight” that the president’s party risks losing both chambers of Congress in November. 

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“Historically, midterms are not good for the party of the president,” Matthews said on Tuesday evening. “But I think that with these midterms coming up, voters feel a lot of buyer’s remorse. They feel like they’ve been bamboozled by this administration.”

Matthews, who resigned from the first Trump administration in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack, said her former boss has done “completely opposite” what he promised to do on the campaign trail. She pointed to Trump’s war with Iran, which she said has “caused the already existing affordability crisis to just be exacerbated.”

According to a new Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, Trump’s disapproval rating has hit a record high of 62%, with a growing number of Americans dissatisfied with his handling of the Iran war.

Because of this, Matthews said she believes “there’s a very good chance that we could see both chambers flip.” That harsh reality, she told MS NOW, is not lost on Republicans in Washington. She said those inside the administration and in Congress likely “see the writing on the wall.”