Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell: Republican anger over midterms - BBC

News that Democrats person held the US Senate aft midterm elections this week has sparked recriminations wrong the Republican Party.

Critics of erstwhile President Donald Trump blamed him for the mediocre showing portion different Republicans faulted their Senate leader, Mitch McConnell.

The White House, meanwhile, made its strongest denotation yet that President Joe Biden volition tally for re-election.

The contention for the US House of Representatives remains uncalled.

Republicans are inactive favoured to triumph the little enclosure of Congress which would severely hamper President Joe Biden's plans but their apt bulk is shrinking arsenic votes proceed to beryllium counted.

Over the weekend, US networks projected that Democrats had held 2 Senate seats successful Arizona and Nevada, retaining power of the precocious chamber.

"This is the 3rd predetermination successful a enactment that Trump has outgo america the result," Maryland's Republican Governor Larry Hogan, a long-time professional of the ex-president, told CNN connected Sunday.

"He said we would beryllium bushed of winning. Well I'm bushed of losing."

But the existent test, says BBC's North America analogous Anthony Zurcher, volition beryllium whether Trump allies crook connected him successful the days and weeks ahead.

History suggests the enactment controlling the White House usually loses seats successful a midterm election, and Democrats' show this twelvemonth is considered the champion for a sitting enactment successful astatine slightest 20 years.

"The pundits successful Washington said we couldn't triumph due to the fact that history, history, history," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told ABC's This Week programme.

But Democrats "never accepted the punditry" and focused connected "the opposition betwixt themselves and their opponents", the elder California Democrat said.

Mrs Pelosi was among a fistful of enactment officials connected Sunday who backed President Biden for re-election successful 2024.

Senior White House advisor Anita Dunn told CBS News the president was not influenced by "what the different broadside is doing oregon what different campaigner whitethorn beryllium doing", and volition denote his determination soon.

She said the midterm results were "hugely consequential" for the party's docket and Mr Biden believes helium is "the champion idiosyncratic to proceed the advancement that we person made".

If Mr Biden does tally again, helium volition apt beryllium successful a rematch of his 2020 contention with Mr Trump, who is wide expected to formally denote for 2024 this coming Tuesday.

The imaginable announcement is upending and scrambling aged allegiances wrong the party, with immoderate allies of the erstwhile president attacking his detractors, astir notably Senate number person Mitch McConnell.

"The Republican brand, acceptable by Mitch McConnell connected down, is not exciting, is not persuasive, is not convincing to voters," erstwhile Trump White House advisor Stephen Miller told Fox News Sunday.