Trump personally chose several candidates who just got crushed — and he’s already blaming Republicans for a stunning midterm wipeout
Source: Fortune ·
"I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!"
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Donald Trump has played kingmaker for years in Republican races, including in GOP primaries this midterm season, but his coattails were in tatters on Tuesday night. Democrats regained control of the House and the Senate in a blue wave that swept through traditional Republican strongholds like Kansas, South Carolina, and Texas. Trump handpicked several Senate candidates who were easily defeated, including Ken Paxton in Texas, Michael Whatley in North Carolina, Mike Collins in Georgia, and Darline Graham in South Carolina. Trump’s gubernatorial picks Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio and Steve Hilton in California also went down to defeat, though Byron Donalds in Florida squeaked out a victory. The results clearly angered Trump, who went on a rant with a series of posts on his Truth Social account late Tuesday. “If Greg Abbott, the Governor of Texas, hadn’t become a RINO in the last six months of his Political Life, he wouldn’t have lost. He went back to his original formula, and it wasn’t…
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