Matt Walsh criticized President Donald Trump’s response to concerns about artificial intelligence taking jobs, arguing that the administration had failed to address the issue as Democrats secured control of Congress in the November 2026 midterm elections.In a post on X published on November 3, Walsh wrote that “regular Americans are worried about AI taking their jobs” and claimed Trump’s response was to give artificial intelligence “a fun new name.”"Regular Americans are worried about AI taking their jobs. Trump’s response was to insist on giving AI a fun new name. He had no plan to address the actual concern people have."He argued that the president had offered no plan to address the concern itself. Walsh described the episode as an example of what he saw as the Democratic Party’s political approach, saying it focused on issues voters do not prioritize while neglecting those that matter to them.Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlogLINKRegular Americans are worried about AI taking their jobs. Trump’s response was to insist on giving AI a fun new name. He had no plan to address the actual concern people have. And this is the Blue Wave in a nutshell. Relentlessly focused on the s**t nobody cares about, at the expense of the things they do care about.Matt Walsh criticizes President Trump over response to AI-related job concernsIn his post, Matt Walsh focused on the possibility of artificial intelligence affecting employment, saying that ordinary Americans were concerned about losing their jobs to the technology.He also criticized what he described as the administration's failure to offer a substantive response to workers worried about the effects of AI. The post did not provide further details about the proposed name or outline what measures Walsh believed the administration should have introduced.The commentator then connected his criticism to the Democrats' performance in the midterm elections. He described the result as representative of a broader political problem, arguing that Democrats were “relentlessly focused on the s**t nobody cares about, at the expense of the things they do care about.”Matt Walsh's remarks came as election results showed Democrats making significant gains in the midterm elections.Democrats take control of Congress as voters deliver midterm setback to TrumpNBC News reported on November 4 that Democrats had won control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, projecting that the party would take over both chambers in January.The network reported that Democrats had flipped seven Senate seats in Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. Its analysis also projected that Democrats would win at least 255 House seats, comfortably above the 218 required for a majority.According to NBC, President Trump's disapproval rating stood at 62%, while more than three-quarters of voters said they disapproved of Congress's performance. Nearly half viewed the election as an opportunity to rebuke the president.The New York Times, in its November 4 election coverage, described the outcome as a major setback for President Trump and the Republican Party. It reported that Democrats had overcome Republican efforts to retain control of Congress, gaining seats in states that had long been Republican strongholds.The change in congressional control is expected to give Democrats greater influence over federal spending and congressional oversight when the new Congress begins in January.