Midterm voters gave President Trump a "shellacking" on Tuesday, akin to that delivered to Democrat Barack Obama in 2010, when Republicans picked up 63 seats in the House and seven seats in the Senate.Though yesterday’s numbers were tempered by recent gerrymandering, the election was brutal for the GOP and for President Trump.Democrats gained control of both the House and the Senate on Tuesday.
The numbers are not all in, but Democrats flipped at least seven Senate seats and more than a dozen House seats.The results in deep red Texas, where James Talarico beat Ken Paxton to become the first Democratic senator from the Lone Star State in 33 years, were shocking but not entirely unexpected.Paxton was an unpopular candidate who carried a lot of baggage.
That Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated incumbent Gov.Greg Abbott, putting a Democrat in the governor’s mansion for the first time in 32 years, was more stunning.TRUMP CONGRATULATES DEMOCRATS AFTER DOMINANT MIDTERMS, SAYS HE LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEMEqually stunning was that Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, the controversial anti-Israel progressive running for an open Senate seat in Michigan, beat former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers. One of the few bright spots for Republicans was Florida, where Republican Ashley Moody held her Senate seat and Rep.
Byron Donalds became the first Black governor of the state.As they did in 2010, Americans across the nation strongly rebuked the sitting president, declaring themselves unhappy with the first two years of his second term.Unfortunately for Republicans, questionable polling from many sources and President Trump’s low approval ratings turned out to be reasonably accurate predictors of the midterms.CONSERVATIVES STUNNED BY 'CATASTROPHIC' MIDTERM BLUE TSUNAMI, BLAME TRUMP'S IRAN WAR, HIGH GAS PRICESMy view is this: as in 2010, voters in this midterm cycle pummeled the incumbent for overreaching.
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