you only got half the story
yes - the lack of election success, while he also sat on a huge war chest does not sit well with quite a few of us
But the actually straw that broke the camels back is him deciding to pick a fight with DeSantis for no reason whatsoever other than maybe his ego was hurting.
So the fracture begins.
before the election the scale was:
Good night
Wave
Tsunami
afterward the “good night” turned into a trickle or ripple. It’s annoying as hell. Everyone talking as if Republicans did bad because some of the polls in some states were off in Democrats direction.
the cringe-inducing “our democracy”
Yeah, about that. If we actually were a democracy, wouldn’t we have collapsed by now?
It was bad instincts for him to rile up frantic Dems to the polls when two days before election he pulled that crap with making election about him with his “ I’ll be making a huge announcement in a couple days” crap. He is now too unfavorable to the opposition which motivates them against him. He now has the same problem Hillary has, and this the red wave ends up as a red fart.
Political science has reached new heights.
Watch Biden give his post midterm speech “without” teleprompters.
(You can tell he’s looking over the assembled enemedia and reading off of giant
screens at the back of the room.)
Expect the doubling down to double, daily.
I can explain our loss in two words:
Mail in ballots.
More accurately, place the blame on those who were the responsible parties. Ronna McDaniel. Mitch McConnell. Kevin McCarthy.
That’s the problem. We have a stupid electorate that elects stupid people. The majority of Americans are just plain stupid. That’s why our country is run by idiots.
Although, it was NOT an overwhelming tsunami, it was very positive for Red States and Red state voters.
Let's take it ONE step at a time. Next time we'll come away with MORE.
It takes time to WIN a war!
I’m not sure how much you should blame Trump for hurting this election but he didn’t really do much to help by promoting people like Oz and spending his time focusing his attacks on other Republicans and talking about himself rather than the Dems awful record. As the most prominent Republican and defacto leader the buck stops with him. You can’t just give him full credit for every victory and let him off the hook for every defeat.
I hate Republicans with a passion.....the GOPe/RINO’s are what’s wrong and I was hoping to get larger majorities because I don’t think McCarthy will be anything but a cowardly pain in the arse and Scalise ain’t nothing to write home about either.....get Jim Jordan in there where we at least have a chance to get something done and as for the Senate in which we have a slight chance for a very small majority but need someone who isn’t afraid to kick arse and take names! They’re ready to throw Trump to the trash heap because a goodly amount of those in the Congress have a pair...(but MTG does) but they’re threatened by her. I’ll stand with Trump until I’m in an urn......he’s done so much for our country and I won’t desert him.
I don’t blame Trump personally... but its pretty clear a lot of introspection has to be done.. of the GOP can’t win big in this environment... then something is wrong and don’t throw ‘fraud’ in my face as the reason this went down the way it did.
“McLeadership”
Great term for McCarthy, McConnell and McDaniel
Whether he is or isn’t responsible, he’s losing a lot of support with his petty personal rivalries. When he first ran for president people were wondering whether he could put his ego behind him and concentrate on the tasks at hand. He could. Now people are asking whether he still can.
People looking for a scapegoat for last night - and they are blaming who ?? The man who singlehandedly brought back the GOP from the dead. The man who singlehandedly drives voter enthusiasm. Such ingratitude.
No way Trump can be blamed. He kept his financial powder dry.
How much does a libertarian candidate on the ballot hurt a republican candidate. I saw quite a few dem wins where if the libertarian was not on the ballot, there would have been enough votes for the republican to win.
I blame McConnell and the old guard Rinos
Donald Trump: “While in certain ways yesterday’s election was somewhat disappointing, from my personal standpoint it was a very big victory – 219 WINS and 16 Losses in the General – Who has ever done better than that?” he wrote.
I don’t blame him.
I’m just done with him.