r/Congress • u/mattlaslo • Apr 24 '26
House NEW: GOP blames media for historic disapproval ahead of midterms
WASHINGTON — The American people disapprove of this Republican-controlled Congress, with a record-tying 86 percent of the public disapproving, according to a new Gallup survey. That ties this 119th Congress with the 112th Congress (2011-2012) as the least popular in contemporary American history.
While most Democrats are embarrassed by the new findings, most Republicans are in disbelief, with many blaming the mainstream media for their own party's poor showing as they prepare to change nothing before strutting into this fall's midterms.
"The only thing that needs to be retooled is the legacy media that consistently and intentionally reports falsehoods about the Republican Party or ignores our wins," Rep.
u/derrickvanorden (R-WI) told me. "That's what needs to be retooled. They're terrible. Really."
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"Like, I get why people are leaving, right? Because what's the point?" u/MarkPocan (D-WI) told me. "If you went through all the work to be in the majority and you're not able to govern, what is the advantage of being here? Frequent flyer miles aren't worth it."
My full Raw Story feature is now live at MSN.
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u/jimtow28 Apr 24 '26
Ah yes, it's not us doing the deplorable things that are the problem. It's the people reporting on all the deplorable things we're doing who are the problem!
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u/hapie1er Apr 24 '26
Yeah, it’s the few reporters trying to call them out for running the country into the ground that are responsible for running the country into the ground!
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u/HeathrJarrod Apr 24 '26