After 'Red Tsunami' Never Appears, Trump Ripped As "Perhaps The Most Profound Vote-Repellant In Modern American History"
In the middle of an unhinged online rant, Trump appears to admit to using the FBI and federal prosecutors to steal the 2018 Florida election for Ron DeSantis and Rick Scott.
John Podhoretz, New York Post, November 9, 2022:
What Tuesday night’s results suggest is that Trump is perhaps the most profound vote-repellant in modern American history.
The surest way to lose in these midterms was to be a politician endorsed by Trump.
This is not hyperbole.
Except for deep red states where a Republican corpse would have beaten a Democrat, voters choosing in actually competitive races — who everyone expected would behave like midterm voters usually do and lean toward the out party — took one look at Trump’s hand-picked acolytes and gagged.
The Wall Street Journal (editorial), November 10, 2022:
Trump Is The Republican Party’s Biggest Loser
He has now flopped in 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022.Trumpy Republican candidates failed at the ballot box in states that were clearly winnable. This can’t be what Mr. Trump was envisioning ahead of his “very big announcement” next week.
From MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan:
Fox host Jesse Watters: “We are looking at a historic massive red wave coming”
Jim Geraghty, National Review: “Midterm Predictions: The ‘Red Tsunami’ Comes into View Once More”
New York Times conservative columnist David Brooks suggested “we’re probably looking at a red wave election” in a piece headlined: “Why Republicans Are Surging”
According to “longtime observer of the Washington scene,” Newsweek’s Peter Roff: “A Red Wave is Coming. The Only Question is How High It Will Be”
There was the New York Post’s Michael Goodwin who bigged up Lee Zeldin’s chances under the headline: “New York Red Wave is coming ashore”
Doug Schoen, former Democratic Party consultant turned Fox/Newsmax commentator: “How the impending red wave could become a tsunami”
I know he’s not a journalist or commentator, but how can you ignore this from Senator Ted Cruz? “Midterms: Cruz predicts ‘not just a red wave, but a red tsunami’ for Republicans on Election Day”
More Cruz, from October: “It’s going to be a tsunami. I think Republicans are gonna retake both the House and Senate. I think in the House we can easily end up with a majority of 30, 40, 50 votes.... I think we’re gonna end up with 53 Republicans in the Senate.”
Joe Rogan: “The Red Wave that’s coming is going to be like the elevator doors opening up in ‘The Shining.’”
Elon Musk: “Massive red wave in 2022”.
Chris Cillizza, CNN: “Why the midterms are going to be great for Donald Trump”
Big Daddy Don (aka Daddy T)
Did Trump admit to rigging the 2018 Florida election for DeSantis?
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