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Election Night 2019 Was An Unmitigated humiliating Disaster For Republicans
Election Night 2019 Was An Unmitigated Disaster For Republicans
A humiliation in Kentucky
Of course, the most headline-grabbing result of the night came in Kentucky, when incumbent GOP Gov. Matt Bevin lost to his Democratic challenger Andy Beshear.
There are two things in particular that make the Republican loss so humiliating: 1. Trump won Kentucky by 30 points in 2016; and 2. The president dropped into Kentucky the night before the election, a sign that he was certain he could sway voters in the deep-red state.
Trump and his blindfolded loyalists are playing damage control on Wednesday by pinning the loss on Bevin, saying it had nothing to do with the president. But the night before the election, Trump made it clear the race was about him, saying, “If you lose, they’re going to say Trump suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the world. This was the greatest. You can’t let that happen to me.”
In other words, Trump knew the Kentucky race was a referendum on him – because he wanted it to be. Turns out that strategy gave Democrats an upset win a deep-red state.
The GOP bids farewell to Virginia
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As CNN points out, that doesn’t just give Democrats a chance to shape the agenda, but it also puts them in control of the redistricting process following the 2020 Census. - PoliticusUSA
A humiliation in Kentucky
Of course, the most headline-grabbing result of the night came in Kentucky, when incumbent GOP Gov. Matt Bevin lost to his Democratic challenger Andy Beshear.
There are two things in particular that make the Republican loss so humiliating: 1. Trump won Kentucky by 30 points in 2016; and 2. The president dropped into Kentucky the night before the election, a sign that he was certain he could sway voters in the deep-red state.
Trump and his blindfolded loyalists are playing damage control on Wednesday by pinning the loss on Bevin, saying it had nothing to do with the president. But the night before the election, Trump made it clear the race was about him, saying, “If you lose, they’re going to say Trump suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the world. This was the greatest. You can’t let that happen to me.”
In other words, Trump knew the Kentucky race was a referendum on him – because he wanted it to be. Turns out that strategy gave Democrats an upset win a deep-red state.
The GOP bids farewell to Virginia
<snip>
As CNN points out, that doesn’t just give Democrats a chance to shape the agenda, but it also puts them in control of the redistricting process following the 2020 Census. - PoliticusUSA
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Which is why many of them are so entrenched. They're up against an entire life's believe system that is based on a lie and they know the reality is, when pressed, they're having to come to terms with it.
I know first hand, because I'm humiliating them constantly, pointing this out. "Your whole world view, your entire life's beliefs have been based on a lie!" They turn red and shake. They have no comeback. They are dead in the water and I know it.
