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Former President Donald Trump bragged about his endorsement report and blamed the “abortion difficulty” after Republicans underperformed within the 2022 midterms.
Trump started out 2023 Sunday on a tear in opposition to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and voters he mentioned “disappeared” after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. It was not clear why Trump selected the vacation to dissect the November elections, however on New Year’s Day, he posted on his social media platform:
It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t are living as much as expectations within the MidTerms. I was 233-20! It was once the “abortion issue,” poorly treated via many Republicans, especially people who firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of Rape, Incest, or Life of the Mom, that lost massive numbers of Voters.
Additionally, the those that pushed so laborious, for many years, towards abortion, obtained their wish from the U.S. Supreme Court docket, & just plain disappeared, not to be considered again. Plus, Mitch stupid $’s!
Trump-backed candidates misplaced Senate races in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Nevada. Trump has taken a bruising from his own aspect of the aisle since the GOP didn’t take advantage of a map that was once considered as favorable to Republicans.
Ultimate summer, McConnell warned the celebration may fail to take the Senate, citing what he called an issue with “candidate high quality.”
“I feel there’s most certainly a larger probability the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just completely different — they’re statewide, candidate high quality has a lot to do with the result,” McConnell appropriately predicted final August.
Exit polling found abortion was a high difficulty for a lot of midterm voters.
The post Trump Blames GOP’s Dealing with of ‘Abortion Issue’ for Lackluster Midterms: ‘It Wasn’t My Fault’ first appeared on Mediaite.
