Posting about the widely expected red wave and the success of his candidates on Truth Social on Tuesday night and very early ono Wednesday morning, former President Donald Trump cheered the success of those candidates that he picked, saying:
174 wins and 9 losses, A GREAT EVENING, and the Fake News Media, together with their partner in crime, the Democrats, are doing everything possible to play it down. Amazing job by some really fantastic candidates!
That post, which came early in the morning on Wednesday, was a follow-up to his original post on the score of his candidates in elections. In that one, he simply said “115 and 5 tonight!”
In a slightly earlier post, former President Trump had said “So far tonight, 104 and 4. Great Republican Candidates!”
In other election night posts, Trump cheered the victories of his people and ripped those who moved away from him in recent months only to lose painfully on election night.
Posting about Don Bolduc, for instance, who was running in New Hampshire and lost to Democrat Maggie Hassan, Trump blasted Bolduc for changing his tune on 2020, saying:
Don Bolduc was a very nice guy, but he lost tonight when he disavowed, after his big primary win, his longstanding stance on Election Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Primary. Had he stayed strong and true, he would have won, easily. Lessons Learned!!!
Trump also cheered the loss of Joe O’Dea, a RINO candidate running for Colorado’s Senate seat. Trump, posting about the defeat of the RINO at the hands of a Democrat, said:
Joe O’Dea lost BIG! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
One commenter posted a great little song about Trump on that post about Joe O’Dea, saying:
Donald J. Trump – he must be a machine!
Always looks sharp – presentation pristine! 🙌🏼
When he’s giving us TRUTH, it won’t always be clean,
but he’s got a way with words (if you know what I mean)! 😏
He loves our country, and it clearly shows.
A True Patriot from his hair to his toes!
He has our respect, but our love for him grows,
and we’re still catching up with what he already knows! 🤔
His energy’s contagious – Trump Rallies are THE BEST!! 👍🏼
WWG1WGA and to ALL may God Bless!
While Trump cheered the victories of those that he supported on Truth, the night was far from great for Republicans generally, who might have won the House and Senate but did not win the red wave that many expected.
Politico, taking a very different tone from Trump, declared that the former president was in a weaker position after Tuesday’s elections because his candidates underperformed, saying:
But Trump’s place in the party is far weaker after Tuesday. Truth is, if not for the former president’s interventions, the night could have been a lot better for the GOP.
Just look at how the most Trump-y candidates fared in states where more traditionalist Republicans were on the same ballot.
In Georgia, Herschel Walker was locked in a neck-and-neck contest with Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. Gov. Brian Kemp, whose resistance to overturning the 2020 results infuriated Trump, easily defeated his Democratic opponent, Stacey Abrams.
In New Hampshire, Republican Don Bolduc lost to Sen. Maggie Hassan in a race that didn’t even look close, while Gov. Chris Sununu, who once referred to Trump as “fucking crazy,” cruised to reelection. Trump’s preferred candidate in Ohio, J.D. Vance, did better, beating Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan by a comfortable margin in that state’s U.S. Senate race. But he came nowhere close to the margin that incumbent Gov. Mike DeWine, a more traditionalist Republican, put up.
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