Trump Questions Midterm Results Days After Saying He Would Accept Them

President Trump on Monday raised doubts about the midterm elections that handed Democrats control of both the House and the Senate, days after signaling he would accept the outcome.

"Does anybody really believe that this 'Election' was honest," the President asked on social media, NBC News reported, noting he offered no evidence of interference. The Hill reported he also asked how the polls could have been "so wrong".

The posts drew immediate criticism. Time described it as a familiar playbook after a wave of Republican losses, and The Washington Post noted Trump has long claimed elections were rigged when they did not go his way.

Here is the hard question for conservatives: if there is evidence of fraud, it should be laid out in court and in public, state by state, the way serious election-integrity advocates have always demanded. If there is not, the energy is better spent on the issues voters actually punished Republicans for, from prices to the Iran war. Either way, Americans deserve proof, not just questions.