Posted on 08/19/2022 9:25:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Fox News host Tucker Carlson is attempting to alert Republican congressional leaders and the GOP base that the Democrats, as of now, have a strong shot of holding the Congress in November.
Carlson said:
“Unpopular presidents drag their parties to the bottom in midterm elections. That’s the unchanging rule of politics. You saw it famously in 1994 with the Republican takeover of Congress after two disastrous years of Bill Clinton. You saw it in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina. You saw it in 2010 after ObamaCare. You saw it in 2018.”
He continued, noting that despite Biden’s unpopularity, the Democrats are on track to hold the majority in Congress as of now.
“So, there’s no question based on precedent that that’s about to happen once again in 2022, in November. That’s what everybody assumes and in fact, it may well happen. We’re certainly praying for it, but as of tonight, we have to be honest with you, the numbers don’t show that happening. Not even close. In fact, all the indications we have right now suggest that despite Joe Biden’s well-earned unpopularity, the Democratic Party still, again, as of tonight, has a strong chance of holding Congress in November.”
Tucker: The numbers don’t show that happening pic.twitter.com/aJOVCoMueF
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 19, 2022
Carlson noted that Senator Raphael Warnock (R-GA) has raised more money through donations than seven Republican senate candidates combined. He said:
“For example, last quarter, Raphael Warnock, that would be the thoroughly mediocre Democratic senator from Georgia, the guy who was caught on video appearing to commit spousal abuse (Remember that?) that guy raised more than $12 million online. His opponent, Herschel Walker, who everyone likes, raised less than half of that. So far, Raphael Warnock has raised an astounding amount of money. He’s hauled in more dollars online than seven Republican senatorial candidates combined: Candidates in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin and Georgia combined.”
Tucker: Rafael Warnock has hauled in more dollars online than seven Republican senatorial candidates combined pic.twitter.com/XQHL2np2Xb
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 19, 2022
In an opinion piece on Fox News, Carlson mentioned Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s comments about the House having a greater likelihood of flipping than the Senate.
McConnell said:
“There’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different. They’re statewide. Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.”
As I reported earlier this month, this was not the first time McConnell and other GOP Senators pressed the brakes on flipping the Senate.
Carlson’s response to McConnell:
“So, there’s the head Republican in the Senate conceding three months out that Republicans are probably not going to retake the Senate. Why is that? Well, the answer, of course, is in the final line you just heard. Some of the candidates are mediocre. That’s Mitch McConnell’s excuse and there’s some truth in that. Obviously, some of them are mediocre, but compared to what? Mediocre in the Congress. Well, let’s see. Dianne Feinstein hasn’t spoken a coherent sentence in years, hasn’t had trouble getting reelected. Eric Swalwell had sex with a Chinese spy. He’s still there. So, mediocre people get elected to office, lots and lots and lots of them do every cycle. So, what McConnell’s analysis really is, of course, is buck-passing. Don’t blame me. I didn’t choose these people. All right, but they’re still the nominees.”
The candidates McConnell referred to, but did not publicly state any names, are likely Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, Blake Masters in Arizona, and other candidates he did not support during the GOP primary.
Tucker Carlson’s assessment is correct. Nobody should take it for granted that the GOP will win the majority. Yes, it will be an uphill battle for the majority of GOP Senate races; but if the GOP base comes out in droves and unites behind the Republican candidates to stop the Biden administration’s far-left agenda, they will be in good shape to win. If even some GOP voters sit out in November, that hands the Democrats the majority in the Senate, and they no longer need to negotiate on legislation.
Despite the economy’s turmoil, the GOP messaging needs to be more convincing to win over undecided and Independent voters.
Why lie?
https://thehill.com/campaigncolumnists/212520-pelosi-makes-a-bold-and-likely-wrong-prediction/amp/
https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2010/09/21/130027010/nancy-pelosi-momentum-is-with-us
Is lying part of the eeyore mentality?
Newt Gingrich’s Contract for America had 10 items. Surely 5 can be drafted and pushed with enthusiasm.
Our side needs to boot the establishment out of the GOP before we have a chance to do anything effective
Once again the Repubs practice electoral suicide as they have done time and again.
Republicans pick top 25-30 House seats
Republicans pick up 3 to 6 Senate seats
Biden is forced to resign before then end of the year, or shortly after the Republicans get sworn in
Kamala becomes President, Buttjug becomes VP.
Kamala steps down before Summer, and Buttjug becomes President
exactly my thinking.
she was wrong in 2010
Tucker is the only one who is screaming to the GOP telling them what the GOP base already knows, and that is that the Republican party is done as we knew it. The people are more disgusted with the staus quo Republicans and the Rinos than the Democrats themselves. MAGA is taking the GOP back, albeit ever so slowly. And we do indeed deserve to loose both chambers until we cleans our party of these career con men who are no better than the worse of the Dems. We don’t care. Until we purge the GOP of the useless Scum, such as Crenshaw, Graham, McConnell, Kinsinger, ect.
Cheney was a good start but they got to get it into their heads that the party Is over, the GOP party as they know it. If they don’t see the writing on the wall, it’s because they are blinded and compromised by the evil spirit possessing all of our nations leaders and centers of power.
The Democrats, most of the Republicans and the deep state globalist cabal are aided by the media, our entire culture, Hollywood, big tech, big banks and social platforms to clamp down and destroy all that was good about America.
They may not even realize they are the willing participants of the evil spirit of deception that Is upon us. The Lord rises up and takes down our leaders for his own good purpose so I’m not concerabout the future. God is in control here and he has prayer warriors and patriots waiting in the wings, chomping at the bit for the coming change. “Greater is he who is in us, than he who is in the world”
I agree.
Yes and Gingrich’s were a pile of meaningless dog shit (deliberately), then he made sure to appoint stooges who wrecked the Waco investigation. Even when Gopers win they don’t mean to.
They will concentrate the cheating on the Senate races no doubt about it.
Terrible inflation hurting us-—worst in 40 years. So?
Tent cities and filth overtaking large cities. Who cares?
Danger of war with China, Russia, North Korea, ISIS and more. So?
Illegals and their cost and crimes overwhelming the US. Oh?
People on the edge of physical fighting between opposing political groups. Huh?
Terrorists stronger than ever and ready to find places to attack in the US after Afghanistan humiliation. Oh?
In other words, the Dems are so evil and stupid they don’t care and may still vote Dem no matter what.
Jack of Red Eagle Politics is very impressive for 22 years old.
Thanks for posting the link.
Zero chance that McConnell doesn't want to retake the Senate. His entire career has been trying to game Senate votes so as to maximize the chances that the GOP ends up in the majority. It's why he puts up with RINO's like Collins -- because he'd rather be the majority than the minority. And then, when he really wants to win a vote, he has a shot.
McConnell's Senate is what stopped Garland, and rammed through Kavanaugh and ACB. If he really didn't want to win those votes, it would have been easy to make it look like he tried and failed.
The truth is that we have some crappy candidates, and Dobbs is likely hurting us a bit. That's just reality.
China Mitch has no intention of slipping up and letting the GOP regain a majority in the Senate.
Disagree. McConnell has more power in minority… he is trying to snatch this victory away from Trump voters. He is a vindictive evil fool.
Evil Dems a nd their evil friends across the aisle destroying this country!
Then you are stuck with Fetterman/Biden. Well done!
“The truth is we have some crappy candidates, and Dobbs is likely hurting us a bit. That’s just reality.”
Agree. Walker is down 10 in Georgia. Not much of a candidate. Tucker pointed out Friday night that Oz is a “bad” candidate, down by 8 to Fetterman in Pennsylvania, a candidate already “crazy” before his stroke. Johnson is a great Senator in Wisconsin, but down 50-46 to the black Lieutenant Governor. When have Republicans ever done very well in Wisconsin aside from Trump’s surprise 16 win? Kelly is up 8 in Arizona.
Glad Dobbs is overturned. Abortion is the number one issue with me. But we have a lot of selfish people in this country who want to be able to murder their children in the womb up to four months.
Lots of dumb, low information voters in this country. If they vote for the Dems after punishing gas and food prices, out of control crime and other evils, wonder how much hope there is. Maybe Mittens is right. The Democrats start out at about 47%.
How about the fact 18 California seats flipped at last minute in 2018 Midterm from GOP to Dem when "harvested" ballots suddenly arrived from nowhere?
If Carlson can't get his story straight, he's not worth following.
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