Republican Party Faces Calls to Expel Trump After Election Defeat

The Republican Party faced a devastating defeat in Tuesday's congressional elections, triggering internal calls to expel Donald Trump and end his MAGA movement. The loss has plunged the party into crisis mode. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis compared the defeat to a mass extinction event, criticizing the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein scandal and AI policy. Congressman Don Bacon, who lost his seat, said voters rejected "populism, chaos, Putin and tariffs" and demanded a return to Reagan-era principles. The Wall Street Journal urged Republicans to break with Trump's nationalist rhetoric, while Vice President JD Vance distanced himself from the president. Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene explicitly called for Trump's expulsion from the party.