Donald Trump Tells Republicans They Need to Win the Midterms so He Doesn’t Get Impeached

President Donald Trump is urging House Republicans to win this year’s midterm elections, arguing that losing seats could put his presidency at risk.

Speaking to GOP lawmakers during a meeting at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday, Jan. 6, Trump, 79, told members they need to protect their majority in the House.

His remarks come as the party’s already narrow edge has tightened further following the resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday, Jan. 5, and the reported death of California Rep. Doug LaMalfa, first reported Tuesday.

While revisiting his 2024 election victory over former Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump emphasized the stakes of the midterms and delivered a blunt warning about what could happen if Republicans fall short.

“You got to win the midterms, because if we don’t win the midterms, it’s just going to be — I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me. I’ll get impeached,” Trump said.

Trump is the first and only U.S. president to have been impeached twice, and only the third president in history to be impeached. His first impeachment, in 2019, followed a House inquiry that accused him of pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival and a debunked conspiracy theory tied to the 2016 election.

That case included two articles—abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Trump was later acquitted on both counts by a Senate controlled by Republicans.

His second impeachment came one week after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and accused him of incitement of insurrection for encouraging supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, an attack that resulted in the deaths of at least seven people.

One month later, after Trump had left office and former President Joe Biden succeeded him, the Senate voted 57–43 to convict—short of the two-thirds majority required to convict and bar him from holding office again.

Trump’s push to rally House Republicans comes amid rising tension inside the party and fresh instability in its leadership ranks.

On Nov. 21, 2025, Greene—once a close Trump ally—announced she would resign, citing gridlock and growing partisan warfare. She also pointed to a worsening relationship with Trump, which she said deteriorated amid disputes over the release of the Epstein files.

“I have too much self respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms,” she said in her video announcement.

“And in turn, be expected to defend the President against impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of millions of dollars against me and tried to destroy me,” Greene continued. “It’s all so absurd and completely unserious. I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better.”

One day after Greene formally left Congress, LaMalfa died unexpectedly at age 65, according to reports, as Democrats advanced efforts to redraw the boundaries of his district. LaMalfa had planned to run for reelection before his death.

With Greene gone and LaMalfa’s seat now vacant, Republicans hold 218 seats in the House, compared with 213 seats held by Democrats.