Midterm Elections

DAVID MARCUS: MAGA voters trigger anti-incumbent earthquake, and it's little wonder why

Cassidy, Massie, Crenshaw ousted while Cornyn faces runoff and Capito drops 20 points from her 2020 margin

By David Marcus Fox News

Published May 20, 2026 11:25am EDT

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Lindsey Graham says Bill Cassidy lost for trying to ‘destroy’ Trump

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sen. Bill Cassidy’s primary loss shows Republicans who oppose President Donald Trump or his agenda risk political fallout inside today’s GOP.

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Over the past several days, two Republican thorns in President Donald Trump’s side, in the form of Sen. Bill Cassidy, of Louisiana, and Rep. Thomas Massie, of Kentucky, have been ousted in their primaries by GOP voters and by very healthy margins. But this is about much more than Trump.

All over the country, the animating issue for most Republican voters I talk to is rather simple. They say, "We gave the party the House, the Senate, and The White House, so why can’t popular legislation like the Save America Act, pass?"

In other words, what is the point of electing Republicans if they won’t do anything?

The carnage among incumbents thus far is severe and historic. It wasn’t just Cassidy getting trounced, his GOP Senate colleague John Cornyn of Texas, also appeared on the verge of defeat, even before Trump endorsed his opponent Ken Paxton on Tuesday. And longtime anti-Trumper Mitch McConnell has retired from politics, likely leaving his seat to a Trump-endorsed........

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