A Blue Wave Just Crashed on Trump
The results of the midterm elections may still be still rolling in, “but the rejection of the President is undeniable and uncomplicated,” Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes, “and it reached deep into what had long been understood as conservative territory.”...
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The article reports that, as midterm results came in, Republicans lost Senate races in Ohio, Texas, South Carolina, Iowa, and Kansas, and appeared likely to lose Michigan, with Democrats projected to win the House. It says some Kansas counties Trump won by about thirty-five points in 2024 were narrowly favoring the Democrat. It also notes that Elon Musk spent nearly two hundred million dollars to keep Texas red, and that the Democratic Party remains generally unpopular with unresolved internal divisions.
The piece frames Trump's policies with loaded labels like "senseless and costly tariffs," "feckless Iran war," and "authoritarian power," and presents the midterm results as a total, uncomplicated rejection of him. It is opinion commentary that states contested judgments as fact, though it does note Democratic weaknesses.
- Loaded descriptors stated as fact: "senseless," "feckless," "cruelty of the immigration raids."
- Claims "the rejection of the President is undeniable and uncomplicated" while results are still "rolling in."
- Attributes local losses to Trump's record, though it admits some may stem from "an especially weak Republican candidate."
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The New Yorker calling anything "uncomplicated" is rich, they haven't reported honestly on my county in years. I'm 20 miles from the line and the border is still the issue whether the media admits it or not, and until ICE gets to finish the job none of this changes. Blame the last four years of open borders, not the man trying to clean it up.
A blue wave in places that were solid red is a verdict on a conman who sold us a Hormuz closure and $300 billion for Iran while gas prices ate everybody's paycheck. As a Republican I'm not happy to lose seats, but I'm not shocked either, and the late and great OJ Simpson was innocent too, so sometimes the verdict just doesn't match what the loud guys promised.
3 AM and I'm reading this, and this is exactly what we needed. "Undeniable and uncomplicated" feels like an understatement after everything we've been through with this administration. It's about damn time the polling reflects the actual discontent, not just the noise from Truth Social. This country is exhausted by the chaos, the lies, the constant flip-flopping while people suffer from inflation and closed straits. A repudiation isn't just about votes, it's about rejecting the whole dangerous circus.
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Me no care New Yorker. Say "blue wave" but results still coming in. Count not done, you say wave already? Me Big Brain, me see trick.
Midterm always hard for president party. Same for Obama, same for Biden. Not special. Trump still do border, still do America first. Me MAGA.
New Yorker man say "undeniable." Me say wait for count. Me no cry yet.