Sunshine calls for Wiles to resign after Republican midterm defeat
On Fox News, the Republican strategist argues that Trump's staff abandoned his winning campaign approach and fractured his coalition.
Why this story? One of Fox News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 607,318 views.
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- 0:13Sunshine argues that Trump's team abandoned the winning 2024 approach and that the defeat was preventable.
- 0:39She points to Democratic gains among young men and Hispanic voters as evidence of a fractured coalition.
- 1:14She says Trump failed to highlight a military withdrawal from Iraq on the campaign trail.
- 2:24Sunshine calls for White House chief of staff Susie Wiles to resign and criticizes adviser James Blair.
- 3:28Her priorities are winning back young men, ending foreign wars and emphasizing immigration enforcement.
"Susie Wiles needs to resign," Caroline Sunshine tells Jesse Watters, directing her response to the Republican midterm defeat at the White House chief of staff.
In the Fox News discussion, Sunshine argues that Democratic victories in both chambers of Congress were preventable. Her explanation centers on Trump's team rather than a rejection of the president himself: she says his staff handed Democrats the approach that helped Republicans win in 2024.
"His voter base knew that the real President Trump was not on the ballot," she says, pointing to Democratic gains among young men and Hispanic voters. She also criticizes adviser James Blair.
Sunshine's argument combines campaign messaging with policy choices. She says Trump withdrew the military from Iraq two months earlier but failed to emphasize that on the campaign trail. Citing exit polls, she describes immigration as the one issue on which voters still sided with Republicans.
The segment has drawn about 607,000 views since yesterday, making it Fox News's most-watched new upload over that period. It adds a specific demand for a staffing change to the broader Republican debate over the defeat.
When Watters asks about the next two years and the approach to 2028, Sunshine calls for winning back young men, ending foreign wars and prioritizing immigration enforcement. Her prescription is a return to the themes she believes built Trump's coalition, with different people helping him deliver them.
A Republican political consultant and lobbyist who has been White House chief of staff since January 2025.
More on Wikipedia ›An American political aide and former actress who worked on Trump's White House staff in 2018.
More on Wikipedia ›An American political consultant who served as White House deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs from 2025 to 2026.
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Sunshine joins Jesse Watters to discuss the Republican defeat and her proposed response.


