United States President Donald Trump has raised doubts about the integrity of the recently concluded midterm elections, a stark reversal from his earlier congratulatory message to Democrats on their victories. In a post on Truth Social, Trump questioned the honesty of the election and criticized polls for allegedly underestimating Republican support, as they have in previous presidential elections. However, the results showed a strong night for Democrats, with an analysis by Pew Research revealing that pre-election polling data understated the Democratic margin by at least 2 points in 23 out of 27 races for governor and the US Senate. Trump also claimed that some early voting ballot counts were so large they made it impossible for Republicans to win, but provided no evidence of election fraud or wrongdoing. This is Trump's first explicit public challenge to the integrity of the midterm results since Democrats overwhelmingly won control of both chambers of Congress and several traditionally Republican strongholds. These latest remarks come a day after an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes, where Trump appeared to accept the election outcome. However, in light of these new allegations, Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer criticized Trump's return to "election denialism," stating that he would face large Democratic congressional majorities for the rest of his presidency due to his unprecedented failure. Republicans have been distancing themselves from Trump following the party's midterm losses, with even conservative commentator Megyn Kelly urging him to stop making baseless fraud claims.