President’s party stripped of control after he spent weeks pleading with Americans to pretend he was on ballot

Trump’s party stripped of control after he spent weeks pleading with Americans to pretend he was on ballot

Donald Trump has been dealt a devastating blow to his authority in a night of crushing defeats in the midterm elections, which saw his Republican party stripped of control of the Senate and the House as his handpicked “Maga” candidates were swept away by a blue tsunami.

The president spent weeks before the election pleading with the American people to pretend he was on the ballot. He may now rue that tactic: the American people took him at his word, and delivered him a bloody nose of historic proportions, flinging his presidency into lame duck status.

He appeared last night to have changed his mind, declaring on social media: “I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!”

  • cruseo@piefed.worldEnglish
    26·
    2 days ago

    I wish we could’ve done a little bit better in Florida. We were so, so close to getting Angie Nixon and Bill Jolly. at least we managed to flip three house seats! By the showing of these results, Florida is pretty purple now, making a pretty big shift back to the left, even if it wasn’t quite big enough.

    • JapaneseJudas@fedinsfw.appEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      As a Florida man myself, couldn’t agree more. Though honestly it’s a bit heartening. All I see everywhere is bumper stickers that say “Trump. Guns. Jesus” and it’s nice to know I’m not literally the only blue voter in this state

      • cruseo@piefed.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville Tallahassee… All of these are big blue cities (each has a major university— except Tampa). It’s the rest of the state that’s the problem.