More of a trickle
Democrats have kept control of the Senate after the crucial race in Nevada was announced in their favor, cementing a midterms election performance for the party that widely beat expectations.
Democratic US senator Catherine Cortez Masto has now beaten Republican challenger Adam Laxalt, a former state attorney general who was endorsed by former president Donald Trump, according to the Associated Press.
That’s a whole separate piece of good news. Trump’s endorsement turns out to be not worth all that much any more, which is another stake in the heart of his plans to continue to dominate everything all the time.
For the Republicans, it was another blow after they steeply underperformed in many races. The party had touted hopes of a “red wave” that could sweep across the US and deliver the upper chamber of Congress into their hands. Instead – with a few exceptions, such as Florida – the wave was more of a trickle.
The Democrat[ic] win in the Senate is likely to prompt further recrimination in Republican circles over who is to blame for the poor showing. Much attention has so far focused on Trump after he backed rightwing or celebrity candidates in several key races who lost, such as Dr Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania.
Loser! Trump is a loser!!
Meanwhile, the loss of the Senate will focus minds sharply on Trump’s ongoing dominance of the Republican party. Fissures have opened up, with some prominent Republican figures openly appealing to Trump not to announce a 2024 run, as he is widely expected to do next week.
Loser loser loser.
The possibility of a having another Trump endorsed meathead in office is bad enough for us here in Georgia, but the possibility of having the meathead also deciding the Senate majority would be much worse. Way to go Nevada. :)
Of course, Trump wrote (on his ridiculous “Truth Social” twitter clone) that the election was a Big Victory and suggested that people “shout it from the rooftops”.
Sure, Trump, people are shouting from the rooftops, as it were, but what they’re shouting starts with an “L” and ends with a “OSER”.