Republicans have been telling themselves all year that they have a mandate. Even as the country has given clear indications that they reject Trump and his agenda, Republicans continued to repeat that they had a mandate, like a mantra, that they were trying to make a reality.
The real world arrived on election night 2025, and it was an extended bashing of the president, his handling of the issues, and the state of the country.
Democrats have won every statewide race in Virginia. Democrats won elections for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. As of the publication of this article, Democrats have flipped seven seats in the House of Representatives, and have not seen a single Democratic incumbent lose their seat.
Donald Trump tried to interfere in the New Jersey gubernatorial election by illegally leaking Mikie Sherrill’s military records, but instead of helping Trump-backed Republican Jack Ciatarelli, it led to Ciatarelli underperforming Trump in the state in 2024, and Sherrill looking like she was well on her way to a double-digit victory.
Sherrill wrote after her win for
The Trump White House is already completely in denial about the blows they are receiving.
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