Republicans routed as Democrats gain powerful new leverage over Trump for remainder of his presidency
Democrats have regained control of the US Senate, routing Republicans nationwide with historic victories that will give them powerful new leverage over Donald Trump for the remainder of his presidency.
Democrats will soon have the ability to hold up not just Trump’s legislative agenda, but also any appointments he makes to his cabinet or the federal judiciary – including the supreme court, where conservatives have a 6-3 majority.
Talarico and Hinojosa winning is such a crazy thing to wake up to. Texas, and most of its citizens are still a lost cause, but good to see that there were enough good ones for once.
Michigan is less surprising to me, but I’m glad Georgia showed up and got Ossof in.
You realize Talarico and Hinojosa were elected by LARGE margins, right? In an election that’s statewide, it resoundingly disproves your statement that “most of its citizens are a lost cause”.
“Most of its citizens” CAUSED this. Some of the citizens are a lost cause, but they proved yesterday that “most of them” are good people.
This is my main takeaway. The margins for Talarico, Ossoff, and even Hamilton aren’t small by US standards. Often times when we have the chance of getting a Democrat controlled Senate the key races are won/lost by a single percent or two. Like what we’re currently seeing in Mississippi’s race.
And for Texas specifically as it continues to urbanize it’s only going to become more of a swing state in coming years.