Republicans win 218 House seats, giving Donald Trump control of government Together with President-elect Donald Trump, Republicans have secured their hold on the US government by winning enough seats to dominate the US House.
Along with a victory in slow-counting California early Wednesday, the GOP secured the 218 House victories that make up the majority with a House Republican victory in Arizona. Democrats had already lost the Senate to Republicans.
Republicans win 218 House seats, giving Donald Trump control of government Republican leaders anticipate a mandate to overthrow the federal government and quickly carry out Trump’s vision for the nation, although with hard-fought but narrow majorities.
The new president has pledged to restructure the US economy, implement the nation’s largest-ever deportation campaign, punish political rivals, extend tax advantages, and take control of the most potent federal instruments. The GOP’s electoral wins guarantee that Congress will support that plan, and Democrats will have little to no ability to stop it.
Republicans also controlled Congress when Trump was elected president in 2016, but he still had to deal with a liberal-majority Supreme Court and Republican leaders who disagreed with his proposed policies. Not now.
Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign has entirely changed the Republican Party, and the Supreme Court is stacked with conservative justices, including three he selected, when he returns to the White House.
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump meet in the White House Oval Office.Give credit
Trump made his first trip back to Washington since the election, rallying House Republicans at a hotel on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning.
Trump told the crowded group of lawmakers, “I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say ‘he’s good, we got to figure something else.'” The senators laughed.