Trumpism ran into a blue wall of Democratic opposition on Tuesday, resulting in resounding election losses for Republicans in New Jersey, Virginia, New York City and California. The election of Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim and millennial to lead New York City, notably drew bigoted and hysterical responses from many on the right. But their reaction to the election of moderates, like New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherill as governor, suggests that conservatives are not ready to grapple with voter opposition to the MAGA agenda. In the wake of such decisive defeats, GOP pundits and operatives have quickly devolved into finger-pointing and recriminations, with some conservatives even turning on President Donald Trumphimself.
“Republicans can’t win without ‘big daddy’? Well, guess what? Then you’re going to lose forever because he can’t run again,” Megyn Kelly said on her popular podcast on Wednesday, acknowledging the Constitution’s constraints against a third Trump term. “God save Republicans and their children in [Virginia],” she posted on X after Democrats flipped every statewide office and dozens of seats in the commonwealth’s House of Delegates.
-Salon.com
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