Fox Business host Larry Kudlow lost his mind during a live segment about the Republican Party’s dire midterm polling.
Kudlow, 79, who served as director of the National Economic Council during Donald Trump’s first term as president, took aim at the polls during his two-minute “riff” at the end of his eponymous show on Monday.
His comments came as Fox News’ own final power rankings forecast a toss-up for control of the Senate and showed Democrats leading on most key issues.
“One reason I can’t wait for this midterm election to be over is that virtually every media outlet I know—not everyone, but virtually everyone I know—is telling me that polls vote,” Kudlow said. “It’s a blue wave. Every Republican senator’s gonna lose. Every Republican House member’s gonna lose.’”
Pivoting to Sunday’s New York Times/Siena polling, the host took aim at data placing Democratic Senate candidates ahead in seven key swing states before Election Day on Tuesday.
Kudlow took particular issue with the numbers out of Michigan, where Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is running against Republican Mike Rogers; Maine, where Democrat Troy Jackson is challenging Sen. Susan Collins; and Texas, where Democratic state Rep. James Talarico is taking on Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“According to The New York Times/Siena poll, Democrats lead by 11 in the Michigan race. Pause right there. Just hang on a second. Really? Because Democrat congresswoman Haley Stevens just endorsed Republican Mike Rogers. So, she’s probably taking at least a third of the Democratic Party away from El-Sayed? The former Michigan Democratic Party chair has told people to stay home. But the intrepid New York Times is still giving it to El-Sayed by 11? Oh come on! Come on!”
As Kudlow mentioned, Stevens withdrew support for El-Sayed, who beat her in the Democratic primary, and switched to the Trump-backed Mike Rogers, just days before the election.
“Democrats are up by 7 in Texas, according to the Times. No, they’re not. They’re not. They’re not up by 7. You know it, and I know it. Democrats are up by 6 in the Maine Senate race. Please. Stop already. Susan Collins always wins. You can’t be up by 6 points anyway. And then 5 each in Ohio and Kansas, two historically red states,” he ranted, turning his attention to other tight races.
“The contradictions are so manifest that we should not even think about polling,” Kudlow declared.
Republicans are widely expected to forfeit their slim House majority—and potentially control of the Senate—in Tuesday’s midterm elections. With the GOP currently holding a 53-47 Senate edge, Democrats must gain a net of four seats to flip the chamber they lost two years ago.
Trump has deliberately put himself front and center of the GOP midterm campaign. “Pretend I’m on the ballot,” he has told voters. However, his job approval is in the gutter, and he is widely unpopular.
Fox News, meanwhile, forecasts that the Democratic Party will win control of the House and the Senate.
On Monday evening, CNN’s Senior White House Correspondent Kristen Holmes revealed what sources told her about how Trump felt ahead of Tuesday’s elections.
“Privately, to some allies and advisers, he has predicted the worst-case scenario, which is that Democrats win both chambers of Congress, and in that, has talked about what exactly that would look like in terms of governing, or investigations, or potential impeachment hearings,” she said on Erin Burnett OutFront.
