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Midterms: Trump hails 'tremendous success' despite losing House to Democrats – live | |
(35 minutes later) | |
“In the House Republicans dramatically outperformed historical precedents,” Trump says, falsely. It’s possible to point to worse midterm elections for Republicans in the House but not recently. | |
Trump says the governor’s races were great too, which is hard to square with the fact of the Democrats’ having picked up seven statehouses but voilà. | |
The voters “clearly rebuked the Senate Democrats for their handling of the Kavanaugh hearing,” Trump says, which is a theory Republicans are clearly excited about this morning. | |
Trump says “great judges excelled... we have a list of people that were fantastic.” | |
Trump is now reading a list of victorious House Republicans. He dwells on Andy Barr’s victory in Kentucky’s sixth – “and that one I did do.” | |
Trump says candidates who declined to campaign with him “did very poorly” – then he names a few. Carlos Curbelo, Mia Love... | |
“Mia Love gave me no love and she lost. Too bad. Sorry about that, Mia,” Trump says. | |
He says Barbara Comstock “didn’t want the embrace.” Bob Hugin, John Faso he names. Calling out Republicans who didn’t run with him. | |
Trump is reading a list of Senate races Republicans won. | |
He looks bored with this part. | |
Trump begins. He starts with three brags about how great the night was and then offers three excuses for what went wrong. | |
“Big day,” “incredible day”, historic day, “midtown and midterm year”, he says, despite a “dramatic funding disadvantage, “very hostile media coverage, to put it mildly,”, and a “staggering number of House retirements.” | |
He points out that the candidates he campaigned with mostly won. “This vigorous campaigning stopped the blue wave they were talking about... if we didn’t do such campaigning it could’ve been.” | |
They were the largest Senate gains for a president’s party in a president’s first midterms since 1962, Trump points out. No arguing there. He says the Republicans gained most likely three seats. | |
Still waiting for Trump. Here are some popular vote totals to tide you over: | |
Democrats (39.9m) and Republicans (39.2m) received about the same amount of votes for governor. (Again, the D total will grow some because California.) n the Senate, Dem candidates have 44.5m votes and GOP ones 32.5m so far. | |
Multiple analysts are observing that based on the latest returns, it appears as if Democratic senator Jon Tester is on track to hold his seat in Montana, which Trump won by 20 points and where Trump campaigned against him. | |
Sen. Tester has grabbed back a lead! (Remaining counties still blue-friendly; we'll see) #MTSen pic.twitter.com/vJ2Vgz2LLC | |
As we wait for Trump, what’s on your mind? | |
From the comments: | |
Now then Donald, about those tax returns... | |
A modest ask... | |
Oh poor him.. he’s being “harassed”. He has harassed and bullied and hurt many people over the years and long before he was running for president. But as is the case with every bully, they have no self awareness. They just want attention and worship. | |
Trump is about to get a lot of attention... | |
I just wonder what Trump has to do to lose support. How big does the scandal have to be before the tide turns against him, or will it ever? At the moment my money is on two terms.I can't deny I'm disappointed by the Democrats' showing despite winning the House. They need a figure head. | |
Who’s the candidate to beat Trump? | |
I love McConnells threat. Don't complain about sexual assault or the GOP will get even. Just because you are immoral Mitch doesn't mean everyone else is. We will never roll over. | |
It’s true; what is touting the supposed “Kavanaugh effect” supposed to achieve, for Republicans? Team spirit perhaps. | |
Trump’s late. | |
Trump to speak. Here’s a video stream: | Trump to speak. Here’s a video stream: |
From Hillary Clinton’s 2016 communications director: | From Hillary Clinton’s 2016 communications director: |
It’s a brighter Wednesday in NYC than the one I lived thru two years ago. If I had to live these last two years over again, I would be really sad. Much love & 🙏 to all Americans who made this a better Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/jrzTvntwkF | It’s a brighter Wednesday in NYC than the one I lived thru two years ago. If I had to live these last two years over again, I would be really sad. Much love & 🙏 to all Americans who made this a better Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/jrzTvntwkF |
"The change we need won’t come from one election alone – but it is a start," President Obama says in a statement on last night's results. "And I’m hopeful that going forward, we’ll begin a return to the values we expect in our public life." pic.twitter.com/CLY6oW4qW9 | "The change we need won’t come from one election alone – but it is a start," President Obama says in a statement on last night's results. "And I’m hopeful that going forward, we’ll begin a return to the values we expect in our public life." pic.twitter.com/CLY6oW4qW9 |