Republicans have a problem.
Since 2016, they have failed to convincingly win an election without Donald Trump on the ballot.
Remember the red wave of 2022?
That’s a trick question, because the red wave never happened.
Republicans told the country that a red wave was coming during the midterm elections, halfway through Biden’s presidency.
There was no red wave. Republicans won the House majority after Governor Ron DeSantis took control of Florida, and Democrats lost several House seats as they engaged in a civil war over redistricting in New York.
Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives in 2022, which was better than the 41 House seats that Trump lost in the 2018 midterms. Republicans flipped Virginia in 2021, but there was no red wave as Democrats won elsewhere.
The Republican inability to perform without Trump on the ballot reached a new low in 2025.
Republicans were routed in elections in red states, blue states and everything in between. A clear message has been sent to Trump and his party, but Republicans are choosing to ignore it.
After Donald Trump decided to spend his morning throwing tantrums and yelling at Senate Republicans to end the filibuster and suppress the vote in future elections, Speaker Mike Johnson thought he would rally Republican voters by scaring them.
The problem is that Johnson’s message advocated electing Democrats.
Read and watch Johnson’s useful message for Democrats below.
