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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts)
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 10:01 PM Nov 2017

Team Trump deflects blame after election losses

The White House was in damage control mode on Wednesday as it sought to deflect blame for Tuesday's sweeping electoral losses and reassure Republicans who fear President Trump’s unpopularity will cost them at the polls in 2018.

Democrats view Tuesday as the start of a nationwide voter uprising against Trump. The party coasted to victory in governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey, while cutting into GOP majorities in statehouses across the country.

A person familiar with the president’s political operation dismissed the notion that an anti-Trump wave is building, arguing that Democrats had merely held on in states they were expected to win. New Jersey is a deep-blue state, and Virginia has gone for the Democrat in the last three presidential elections.

The person chalked up GOP losses to history, noting that the party that controls the White House typically struggles in off-year gubernatorial races. 

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/359453-team-trump-deflects-blame-after-election-losses

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Team Trump deflects blame after election losses (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2017 OP
What a bunch of deplorables (they are the true ones) ! syringis Nov 2017 #1
It is. It's just GP6971 Nov 2017 #2
Trump NEVER accepts or admits fault... Moral Compass Nov 2017 #3
It is so very nice to read that they are still in denial. Big Blue Marble Nov 2017 #4
I don't know much about psychology syringis Nov 2017 #6
Let them ignore it, remain in denial of it. nt Ilsa Nov 2017 #5

syringis

(5,101 posts)
1. What a bunch of deplorables (they are the true ones) !
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 10:07 PM
Nov 2017

By the way, how com it isn't Obama's fault ? Or Hillary's ?

Moral Compass

(1,521 posts)
3. Trump NEVER accepts or admits fault...
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 10:23 PM
Nov 2017

I hope they keep the rationalizations going. They will be less prepared then.

Big Blue Marble

(5,081 posts)
4. It is so very nice to read that they are still in denial.
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 10:28 PM
Nov 2017

But then it is denial or panic. If they admitted the truth, they would not know what to do.
They are all stuck with the the orange one,their albatross.

syringis

(5,101 posts)
6. I don't know much about psychology
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 11:04 PM
Nov 2017

I think I have read once, denial is a sort of self protection when reality is too hard to face.

We are not cruel isn't it ? Let's be compassionate and left them in their denial

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