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The RNC swallows a biiiiiiiiiiig bluepill | Blame Trump for midterm losses and move on; Blame policies for midterm losses and change them; Actually, "Our ground game worked"; Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel: | image tagged in 3 buttons,republicans,rnc,midterms,2022,ronna mcdaniel | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
441 views 4 upvotes Made by Slobama 2 years ago in politics
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/after-gop-loss-in-georgia-senate-runoff-rnc-s-mcdaniel-argues-our-ground-game-worked/ar-AA151mep?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=271db9777ade4749b32151b60ef14aa1

The funny thing is: it can be argued McDaniel isn't even *that* wrong about this. The GA Senate race was close. The PA Senate race was close. The AZ and NV Senate races were close. The WI Senate race was close, and the GOP actually won that one. And wany U.S. House races were close, including some that tipped in the GOP's favor.

But that is also such a silly reading. All historical signs pointed to this being a red wave election. Republicans talked it up, big-time. Now, after-the-fact, it's all expectations-management. Clear sign of a whiff.

Trump personally and Republican policies overall are just plain old unacceptable to a huge slice of the American electorate: equaling about 50%, plus or minus 1%.

But asking the RNC to dispatch with Trump personally, and repudiate Republican policies overall, are two things the RNC is explicitly purpose-built not to do. So, you wind up with rose-colored glasses nonsense like McDaniel's statement, and no real election post-mortem.

Get ready for the next re-run of our calcified politics: 2024!
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Nice meme KF! Isn't she on her way out?
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Hmmm, not as far as I know… but after a midterms result like this, she oughta be
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Maybe I'm just reading too much into what I've heard about Harmeet Dhillon mounting a challenge. Some quick 'fact checking' on the interweb makes it look like McDaniel will retain her seat. And that right there is your sign that republicans are spinning their wheels, big time. They've got that saddest sack of democrats as POTUS, the most favorable conditions for a red wave in years, yet when they fail they seem to think that current leadership is worth retaining. Whatever makes them happy.
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