Christian Collins went on Right Side Broadcasting Network the day after the 2026 midterms and did not pretend the night had been anything other than a shock. The interview, titled “Christian Collins Reacts to Sweeping Democrat Wins in Texas Midterms,” aired on November 5, 2026, and is on RSBN’s YouTube channel.
He told host Matthew that he had been at home with his wife, Dr. Jincy Collins, watching the returns come in. He said he was less surprised by the U.S. Senate result than by the scale of the statewide losses. “It was pretty astonishing,” he said. He also declined the easy explanation that the problem was simply “candidate quality,” pointing to well-known incumbents at the top of the ticket.
From his work on college campuses with Turning Point USA’s Pick Up the Mic events, Collins said he had seen young people, especially young men, frustrated by the war with Iran and by the cost of gas and groceries. He argued that those pressures helped move voters, including some of the working-class and Hispanic voters who had supported President Trump in 2024. He said he still supports the president and understands the national-security case the administration made, but he also said “the people spoke, you know, resoundingly so.”
He tried to put the night in a longer frame. When one party holds the White House and both chambers of Congress, he noted, the midterm election often swings back the other way. “It’s a pendulum,” he said. That was not an excuse. It was a warning against despair.
His closing word was the one meant for the next generation. “We’ve been knocked down, but we have to get back up again, and it may seem dark, but it will be morning in America again, and we have to keep fighting.” He said the work of the next two years is to prepare for 2028, because elections are not ended by a single hard night.
That is consistent with the rest of his public life. As founder of Texas Youth Summit and president of the Texas Youth Foundation, Collins has spent years telling young conservatives and Christians to know what they believe, stand up, and keep showing up. A difficult election does not change the assignment. It tests whether the next generation will stay in the work when the returns are painful.
Watch the interview on Right Side Broadcasting Network’s YouTube channel: Christian Collins Reacts to Sweeping Democrat Wins in Texas Midterms.