Schiff Claims Trump Intends to "Subvert” 2026 Midterm Elections

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said recently that President Donald Trump intends to try to overturn the results of the 2026 midterm elections should Republicans lose seats in Congress, Ford McCracken reported for ABC News.

Schiff’s remarks come after Trump continued to escalate his rhetoric surrounding the results of the 2020 election.

“I think [Trump] intends to try to subvert the elections,” Schiff told ABC News’ “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl.

“And if he loses the vote ... he’s prepared to try to take some kind of action to overturn the result, and we really shouldn’t question that.”

Schiff’s remarks come after Trump continued to escalate his rhetoric surrounding the results of the 2020 election, which the president has falsely claimed was stolen ever since his loss.

The FBI raided a Fulton County, Georgia, election office and seized ballots from the 2020 election on Jan. 28. Trump lost Georgia by fewer than 12,000 votes in 2020, and even if he had won the state, it would not have been enough to prevail in the Electoral College.

In the days since the FBI raid, Trump has called for nationalizing elections and repeatedly claimed without evidence that Democrats cheat to win.

Schiff pointed to Trump’s actions after the 2020 election as evidence for the possibility he would challenge the 2026 results.

“We cannot ignore what they’re telling us they’re going to do, because time and time again we have seen that they’re willing to go to extraordinary and lawless lengths,” Schiff said.

As for who could check any attempt to question the results of the midterms, Schiff said he does not trust Republicans in Congress but does trust the American people.

“The best protection we have is to mobilize the largest voter turnout in U.S. history to so overwhelm the vote ... so that there’s no way they can cheat,” he said.