Sen. Johnson to Newsmax: 'In a Sane World,' Midterms Wouldn't Be Close

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told Newsmax Wednesday he hopes sanity prevails in the 2026 midterm elections.

"In a sane world, these elections wouldn't even be close. The American public would recognize that socialism failed miserably and the Democratic Party, by and large, has been taken over by the radical leftists," Johnson said on "Ed Henry: The Big Take."

"Americans don't need to look any further than the fact that Iran is endorsing Democrats. That ought to tell you something," he continued.

"Democrats almost seem to be aiding and abetting our enemies, hoping that America loses because that will enhance their electoral prospects."

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps appealed to American voters last week to reject President Donald Trump's policies and use the midterm elections to change the makeup of the U.S. government. The IRGC did not explicitly endorse Democrats in its open letter.

"Democrats are only concerned about power. If you listen to Democrats on the campaign trail, they're not promising policies will actually lower costs, improve the lot of Americans," Johnson continued.

"They're promising investigations and impeachment of President Trump."

 

Johnson said the last time Democrats were in power, gasoline was more than $5 a gallon. 

The national average for regular gasoline briefly topped $5 a gallon in June 2022 before falling below that level.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration attributed the 2022 increase to factors including rising crude oil prices, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, low gasoline inventories, and relatively low refinery production.

"Not because we were trying to stop an existential threat to America like President Trump is trying to do, because of their policies, their war on fossil fuels. So Americans have to look at how destructive Democrat policies are," he said.

"Your life — your life — is not going to improve. It will worsen."

The Wisconsin senator said he hopes for the best when it comes to his party maintaining control of the upper chamber while also praising Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor of his state.

"I know Tom is going to be an extraordinary governor, should the people of Wisconsin elect him," Johnson said.

"But the statewide races are razor-thin. I won my last one by a little over 20,000 votes," he continued. "You know, we've won some, we've lost some.

"So it's going to be a tough race."

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