GOP lawmakers are growing increasingly concerned over signs the 2026 midterm elections could be a wipeout for Republicans that could cost them control of the House and shave down their Senate majority by two or three seats.
There’s growing anxiety in the Senate and House GOP conferences that Trump’s sinking approval rating will create a headwind in swing states and districts.
But GOP lawmakers say they still have time to improve their party’s image before next November.
There is no way you can lay off 300,000+ federal workers, shut the entire federal government down for 40 days, dramatically increase prices by imposing tariffs, and allow huge increases in heath care insurance premiums without causing a recession or worse. Trump and his ilk know it too which is why any economic data they do release will be altered by Trump loyalists, facts be damned.
Democratic donors be like: “we can run anyone and they can’t say no!”
That’s why we NEED progressives in the primaries. The real battles will be in that race. If establishment Democrats keep control, Republicans will sweep again from 2028 or 2032; just like what happened after Trump’s first term.
I hate that we have fight the Democrats to keep the Democrats alive, but we do.
I want to believe, but he won in 2024 after increasing the US debt 25%, having excess death of Covid of 1MM and basin his whole agenda on dunking on the poor, where most of us are still. Morons voted him in.
Even Maga notice it when food prices go way up, when they lose health insurance, and when they lose their jobs. We’ll eventually reach a tipping point where the sadistic pleasure Maga morons get from hurting others isn’t worth the pain they’re experiencing themselves. I hope its soon.
They believe the other option would have resulted in even worse outcome. As long as they can imagine it being worse, they can believe voting for their (misguided, but not as much as the other) team is the right thing to do.
The silver lining is that if their team is less inspirational, some voters will become discouraged and stay home instead of voting.
They are so addicted to their right-wing echo chamber media that they will never know that Orange Jesus is fully responsible for any of the direct pain they will experience. All they will hear is that somehow it’s all Joe Biden and Barack HUSSEINs fault that they can’t afford to stuff their faces.