Ignore Republican denials: Democrats big win in Virginia is the start of an anti-Trump wave

Ignore Republican denials: Democrats’ big win in Virginia is the start of an anti-Trump wave
Ed Gillespie’s “Trumpism without Trump” gets wiped out in a Democratic sweep. Leading edge of a 2018 tidal wave?
SOPHIA TESFAYE 11.08.2017•3:59 AM

The first national election since Donald Trump took office turned out to be the best night for Democrats since that fateful election one year ago.

Democratic sweeps in multiple states across the country Tuesday night certainly left Trump shaken (he was quick to tweet his own bizarre form of damage control from Asia) but it was perhaps an even more crushing defeat for Scott Walker. During his first performance as the head of the Republicans’ Governor Association, the Wisconsin governor presided over a pair of GOP losses that hardly bode well for the party’s chance in 2018.

Walker sank $10 million into the Virginia governor's race, which was widely expected to be a squeaker, only to watch Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam go on to win by the biggest margin in decades. Tuesday’s election results only made clear that Virginia is now a blue state.

Republican nominee Ed Gillespie, whom former White House chief adviser Steve Bannon described last week as “Trumpism without Trump,” got clobbered, giving Virginia its fourth straight Democratic governor. The Commonwealth also voted for Hillary Clinton over Trump last November and was carried twice by Barack Obama.

https://www.salon.com/2017/11/08/ignore-republican-denials-democrats-big-win-in-virginia-is-the-start-of-an-anti-trump-wave/