As the midterm results rolled in Tuesday night, and the "red wave" long hoped for by Republicans had not materialized, many pundits and journalists across the spectrum pointed their fingers at former President Trump.
As several Trump-backed candidates in major races lost or lagged behind other Republicans in their states, a consensus appeared to emerge that Trump had a bad night, although it was still up in the air whether Republicans would re-capture the House and Senate.
Trump himself commented about tonight's results declaring it a "great evening" and claimed the news media was trying to downplay it.
"174 wins and 9 losses, A GREAT EVENING, and the Fake News Media, together with their partner in crime, the Democrats, are doing everything possible to play it down. Amazing job by some really fantastic candidates!" Trump posted on his social media site Truth Social.
So now "We didn't lose as badly as we thought!" turns into a victory?
ReplyDeleteIf anything, looking at the map we see the divisions in the US. Little blue areas along the coasts and massive swaths of red the rest of the way but because the coasts are densely populated, it results in a small part of the country balancing the vast majority of it.