Top Democratic Rep. Warns Trump as Party Moves to Retake the House: ‘Lawyer Up’
Rep. Robert Garcia, poised to become the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told President Donald Trump to “lawyer up” as Democrats gear up to retake the House.
In a statement on Tuesday night, Garcia recalled that he has “vowed to take on the Trump Crime Family, corporate corruption, DHS and ICE abuses, and the cover-up of the Epstein files.”
With a majority in the Lower House, Democrats will be able to issue subpoenas as part of oversight investigations.
Republicans are facing a rout, with NBC News projecting that Democrats will win about 244 House seats, the largest majority in almost 20 years. The new Congress will be sworn in on January 3.
Latinos’ return to the Democratic party was a key factor in several results. The demographic flocked back as the cost of living dominated voters’ concerns.
NBC News Exit Poll showed that six in 10 Latino voters supported Democrats, a nine point increase compared with the 2024 presidential elections. The figure also matched the share of the 2022 midterms, but it is still below the 69% recorded in 2018.
The outlet went on to note that the rebound was particularly sharp among men, who had largely supported Trump in 2024. The demographic saw a 11-point swing, going from 44% to 55% supporting Democrats. Among Latinas, the figure went from 58% to 65%.
A poll of midterm voters released by UnidosUS showed that the cost of living and inflation were the top concerns for Latinos, who said they want Congress and the White House to actively do something about it.
“Grocery and food costs rank as the leading cost-of-living concern, followed by housing expenses (including rent and mortgage payments) and the cost of gasoline. This finding underscores how rising prices for everyday necessities continue to shape Latino families’ economic concerns and experiences,” the poll said.
Key losses for Republicans included those of Darline Graham in South Carolina and Michael Whatley in North Carolina. The former lost against Annie Andrews, who focused on economic problems in the state, portraying Graham as similar to her brother, part of a Washington establishment that does not care about the reality of people in South Carolina. She will now be the first Democrat to represent the state in the Senate since 1998.
North Carolina’s former Gov. Roy Cooper, on his end, will be the first Democratic senator since 2008. He will succeed retiring Sen. Thom Tillis, who has been increasingly critical of President Donald Trump since announcing he wouldn’t seek re-election.
NBC News detailed that the race initially appeared to be contested, but Cooper began amassing a solid lead in the polls during the last weeks of the campaign, leading a top Republican super PAC to cancel ad spending to focus on other races.
