Hakeem Jeffries, at a press conference after the midterm election, says "the polls were wrong" and that House Democrats have "decisively taken back control." He says they will win "at least 255 seats" once every vote is tallied, and that Democrats have retaken the Senate, won governorships and flipped legislative chambers across the country.
The receipt
- Who
- Hakeem Jeffries
- Where
- press conference - day after the 2026 midterm election, House Democratic leaders
- Original footage
- ITV News · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 51 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
The polls were wrong. It wasn't simply a blue wave, it was an American tsunami. House Democrats have decisively taken back control of of the Congress. We will win at least 255 seats, if not more, once every vote has been tallyed. It's a historic majority in the 21st century. Democrats have taken back control of the Senate. Democrats have won governorships all across the country. We've flipped legislative chambers in the north and the south and the east and the west and in the midwest.
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