President Donald Trump predicted Democrats would move to impeach him if they regain control of the House in the November midterm elections. Trump made the comments Tuesday while addressing House Republicans at what was billed as a retreat.
During the retreat, the president urged party unity, warning that holding the majority is critical to blocking Democratic efforts against him.
Trump: "You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don't win the midterms, they'll find a reason to impeach me. I'll get impeached." pic.twitter.com/89NvspoP99
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 6, 2026
“You gotta win the midterms ’cause, if we don’t win the midterms, it’s just gonna be — I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump told lawmakers. “I’ll get impeached.”
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Midterms loom large
Trump urged Republicans to focus on issues such as election integrity, gender policy and health care, while acknowledging the political headwinds that often follow a presidential win.
“They say that when you win the presidency, you lose the midterm,” Trump said, before predicting Republicans would instead notch an “epic midterm victory.”
All 435 House seats will be up for election in November.
Trump’s impeachment history
The House impeached Trump twice during his first term in office.
The Democratic-led House first impeached him in December 2019 on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, largely tied to a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He was impeached again in January 2021 following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, on a charge of inciting an insurrection.
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All 435 House seats are up for election in November 2026, and Democrats need only three pickups to regain control of the lawmaking body.
In both cases, the Senate acquitted him. Trump has repeatedly argued the impeachments were politically motivated.
A razor-thin House majority
Republicans currently hold a 218-213 edge in the House, a margin that has tightened further in recent days.
The majority shrank after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., resigned and Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., died. The Wall Street Journal also reported that Rep. Jim Baird, R-Ind., was hospitalized following a car accident.
With the current numbers, House Speaker Mike Johnson can afford to lose no more than two Republican votes on party-line legislation, assuming full attendance and unified Democratic opposition. That margin is further complicated by frequent dissent from Republicans, including Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.
Vacancies and special elections ahead
Republicans are expected to pick up a seat in Georgia, where a March 10 special election will fill Greene’s vacancy. The heavily Republican district has more than 20 candidates, most of them GOP contenders.
Democrats, however, are expected to win two seats in the upcoming special elections. In Texas, a runoff later this month is expected to keep the seat formerly held by Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died last year, in Democratic hands. And on April 16, voters in New Jersey will elect a replacement for former Rep. Mikie Sherill, who left Congress to become the state’s governor.
If Democrats hold both seats, the Republican majority would narrow to 219-215.
A special election for LaMalfa’s California seat cannot be held for at least four months under state law.
