Every year, the hours, weeks, and months after a midterm election are filled with finger-pointing and blame games as the losing party tries to dissect the reasons for its loss.
The 2026 midterms are no different.
But while some blame Trump’s negative influence or an unlikable lineup of candidates, Katie Miller, wife of Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Stephen Miller, had a different take: “Moms are too busy raising their children and taking care of them to get to the polls.”
Now, ready for the plot twist: Katie Miller went on to admit that she didn’t vote. On live television.
What Katie Miller fails to realize is that while moms might have been an essential voting bloc in getting Trump re-elected in 2024, that’s no longer the case. After two years of defunding the public schools their children attend, building data centers in their backyards, and cutting off access to essential healthcare, moms have had enough.
They showed up at the polls – just not for Republicans.
Since 2024, moms have swung 19 points to Democrats. Not only that, but more women ran for state legislative seats than ever before — 3,824 women, to be exact. More than two-thirds of them were Democrats, and many were moms themselves.
Clearly, wrong bad takes run in the Miller family.
Moms not only showed up (well, maybe not Katie herself) but they also went above and beyond to organize before the election, get out the vote, and even run for office themselves.
Their kids were the reason they put in the work – not an excuse for not voting. And because of them, 2026 had the second-highest turnout rate in a midterm year since 1914, exceeded only by the 2018 midterms.
If you learn anything from Katie Miller, let it be this: never underestimate the power of mothers.
hahahaha : great headline!