{"id":6678,"date":"2026-11-10T06:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/mike-johnson-responds-to-2026-midterm-defeat\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T06:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:24:19","slug":"mike-johnson-responds-to-2026-midterm-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/mike-johnson-responds-to-2026-midterm-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson Responds to 2026 Midterm Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 November 10, 2026 (STL.News) House Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged the Republican Party\u2019s significant losses in the November 3, 2026, midterm elections, telling reporters Monday that the American people had delivered their decision at the ballot box. \u201cThe people have spoken,\u201d Johnson said as Republicans confronted the consequences of losing control of both chambers of Congress. <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F_RzfZbCTC2s%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=858&#038;video_height=483)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mike Johnson on midterm results: &quot;The people have spoken&quot;\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_RzfZbCTC2s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> Play Mike Johnson\u2019s remarks came during a consequential week in Washington, as Republican lawmakers prepare to select new congressional leaders while Democrats prepare to assume control of the House of Representatives and Senate in January 2027. The election results represent<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/mike-johnson-responds-to-2026-midterm-defeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 November 10, 2026 (STL.News) House Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged the Republican Party\u2019s significant losses in the November 3, 2026, midterm elections, telling reporters Monday that the American people had delivered their decision at the ballot box. \u201cThe&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6680,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678\/revisions\/6680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}