{"id":68215,"date":"2025-11-05T13:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68215"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:45:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:45:12","slug":"republicans-learn-nothing-from-their-electoral-spanking-but-trump-learns-to-savor-dictatorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68215","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Learn Nothing From Their Electoral Spanking, but Trump Learns to Savor Dictatorship"},"content":{"rendered":"

The results of the 2025 elections were an unqualified blowout for Democrats who won every one of the most consequential contests. They won governorships in New Jersey and Virginia. they won the mayoral race in New York City. They won the California redistricting initiative that will be a prelude to similar measures in other states.<\/p>\n

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Republicans on the other hand lost by unexpectedly large margins. The races mentioned above were not even close. That sort of collapse is generally a harbinger of hard times ahead for the party at the bottom of the heap. And yet, their response to this smackdown is to doubledown on their extremist MAGA-tism with ever more radical proposals that, in many cases, will help Democrats more than the pitifully desperate GOP.<\/p>\n

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Confirming that Republicans are infected with a fatal case of flop sweat, their Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, held a post-election press conference to exhibit just how removed he is from reality. He told the assemble media that…<\/p>\n

“I don’t think the loss last night was any reflection about Republicans at all. I think people are frustrated and angry, as we are, I am, the president is, and we express that in different ways. But we’re looking forward to a great election running on our record.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Mike Johnson: "I don't think the loss last night was any reflection about Republicans at all. I think people are frustrated and angry, as we are, I am, the president is, and we express that different ways."<\/p>\n

— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com)<\/a> 2025-11-05T16:08:10.162Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n