U.S. President Trump stated on the 6th that the Republican Party must win this year's congressional reelection, namely the midterm elections, otherwise he may be impeached by Democrats.
He said at a meeting of Republican members of the House of Representatives held in Washington: “You must win the midterm elections, because if we lose, they will find a reason to impeach me.”
Trump confirmed that California Republican Congressman Lamalfa had suddenly passed away. Lamalfa was a staunch supporter of Trump’s administration agenda, and Trump expressed he was “very saddened” by his passing, saying “He always voted in line with me.”
Greene, once an important political ally of Trump, resigned from his seat in the House of Representatives on the 5th. Together with Lamalfa’s passing, the Republican Party’s slim majority in the House was further weakened. Currently, Republicans control 218 seats in the House, while Democrats have 213. In the Senate, Republicans hold 53 seats and Democrats hold 45.
The U.S. midterm elections are scheduled for November this year, when all House seats and one-third of Senate seats will be reelected. In the current climate of increasingly intense partisan rivalry, if the Republicans lose the majority in either chamber, it will impact Trump’s subsequent administration.