Correct.
yet the people elected new members who would be even more likely to NOT implement that agenda? I don’t think so
You are missing the point. Elections are about enthusiasm gaps. You got to fire up your base. Yes, Democrats were all fired up, but GOP enthusiasm was way down before Kavanaugh, because Paul Ryan kept stabbing conservatives in the back time after time including
pulling anti Trump anti conservative sh*t like his pork ladden, budget bursting “CRomnibus” which had money for everything under the sun apart from the border wall.
Read this:
Check out section 230 on page 673 of the #omnibus for Trump's “wall funding.” It's not a wall. It's repairs, drones and pedestrian fencing - no construction. It also expressly prohibits funding for all of Trump's wall prototypes. Fake wall, folks.
Here is what the “wall” money will be spent on. Note, no new construction. Mostly pedestrian fencing, drones, repairs and “planning.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/rachelbovard/status/976824728366338048
I'm sure you can find a district or two that changed hands because few republicans voted than in 14. But certainly not the majority of the 40 that changed hands.