PSAKI: So yeah, it was one of the best nights Democrats have had in a very, very long time. Which kind of begs the question, you're a member of Donald Trump's Republican Party. How do you spin what everyone knows was an absolute thumping of your party? Well, they took different approaches. Little Mike Johnson went with the kind of the denial approach.
Zohran Mamdani defeated sex pest Andrew Cuomo to become New York City's next mayor; Virginia and New Jersey Democrats won governing trifectas; Georgia Democrats won their first statewide elections for non-federal offices since 2006; Mississippi Democrats broke the GOP supermajority in legislature; California voters approved a ballot measure to fight back against GOP redistricting; and Maine voters rejected a ballot measure that would have restricted mail-in voting.
Under the headline, Democrats Start Their Comeback, and sub-headline, A warning for the GOP from New Jersey and Virginia on affordability and Trump's unpopularity, the Journal observed that President Trump rolled to victory in 2024 promising to reduce inflation and make middle-class life more affordable. The warning to Republicans in Tuesday's election results is that Democrats are turning the tables on affordability, especially when they steer clear of leftist cultural snares.
Podcast host and independent journalist Jim Acosta taunted President Donald Trump as Democrats swept a series of elections, exclaiming that Trump is getting his a** handed to him! Tuesday night saw a string of Democratic victories in hotly anticipated races. Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) defeated Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in a race that was called in less than half an hour. New Jersey was the next domino to fall as Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) beat Trump-endorsed former state assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R-NJ).
