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Trump attacks Fox News polling as Lyons warns of Republican losses

ABC's Americas editor reads early Democratic gains as a warning for Trump-endorsed candidates, before the broadcaster's later coverage reports control of Congress has changed hands.

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Trump lashes out at Fox News as Republicans head for 'walloping': Lyons | ABC NEWS

Donald Trump's election-night complaints were directed partly at Fox News. In a social media post shown by ABC News, the president criticised the network's ratings and objected to the questions in its polling.

Reporting from Washington, Americas editor John Lyons puts that reaction beside early results pointing towards substantial Republican losses. His analysis drew about a quarter of a million views in its first five hours today.

The report captures a particular stage of election night: Democrats were leading, but the scale of their gains was still emerging. Lyons identifies Republican Senate seats under pressure across states including Texas, Ohio and South Carolina. Kansas supplies his sharpest historical comparison: Democrats have not won a Senate seat there since Herbert Hoover's presidency, he notes.

For Lyons, the difficulties facing Trump-endorsed candidates suggest that the president's ability to translate personal support into electoral victories is weakening. He also reports Democratic leads in dozens of Republican-held House seats. His prediction of a heavy Republican defeat explicitly depends on those trends continuing, rather than treating unfinished counts as final results.

ABC's subsequent uploads move the story beyond that conditional assessment, reporting that Democrats have regained control of both chambers of Congress. The broadcaster also posted Abdul El-Sayed's address to supporters before his Senate victory in Michigan.

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