- Nate Cohn @ The New York Times: There’s No Modern Precedent for This Democratic Tsunami
It was hard to imagine that an electoral wave this big was still possible. But there have been extraordinary changes just beneath the surface.
- Jasmine Wright, Ben T.N. Mause and Ayah Ali-Ahmad @ The Washington Sun: Trump Begged Voters to Pretend He Was on the Ballot. They Pummeled Him.
A stunning rebuke of Trump’s Republican Party left many on the right shaken and some questioning the president’s strategy.
- Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling @ The New Republic: Republicans Tried to Steal House Seats. It Backfired Big Time
Republicans dummymandered themselves into some major midterm losses.
- Jennifer Bowers Bahney @ Mediaite: Trump Allies Kari Lake and Liz Harrington Suggest the Election Was Rigged: ‘Makes No Sense. Zero’
Trump acolytes Kari Lake and Liz Harrington are continuing to beat the drum over the midterm elections being “rigged,” despite President Donald Trump himself telling The New York Times that he accepted the results that had Republicans getting trounced across the country.
- Media Matters: MAGA “prophet” Julie Green: “There was a red wave last night. It was stolen.”
Green: “There's so many things that can happen in the next two months or more. God can override. God can overturn. God can throw out. God's also talked about martial law.”
- David Edwards @ Raw Story: 'Everyone knows why we lost': JD Vance rebukes Iran war after 'Democrat blowout'
Vice President JD Vance blamed President Donald Trump’s agenda for Republicans’ sweeping midterm losses, writing that “everyone knows why we lost.”
