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They Haven’t Learned a Thing
The Republican Party can’t seem to get out of its own way. If you give them enough rope, they will hang themselves. What happened last week, though historically consistent, could have been avoided by their own actions. But they never seem to learn.
Last week didn’t happen because Republicans went too far. It happened because they did not go far enough. Because they did not deliver on what they said they were going to do. One of the main reasons for that was John Thune. The Save America Act had about 85% popularity among the American people, including around 70% of Democrats. Thune could have brought it to the floor and forced Democrats to be on record voting against voter integrity. That’s what a leader would have done. That’s what somebody with an ounce of gall or fortitude would have done. He could have had the Democrats voting against the will of the people, and that could have affected last week’s election. But he didn’t do that. He chose the easy path – doing absolutely nothing.
A Little Historical Perspective
This country has seen congressional flips like this before. I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, claiming the Republican party could not have performed better than they did last week. They easily could have. But we have, historically, seen trends like this before, and it is not rare at all. As it stands now, Republicans lost 43 House seats and 7 Senate seats. They will be facing something like a 90-seat minority in the House and a 10 seat minority in the Senate, with seven and two elections yet to be called, respectively.
In 2018, Trump’s first term, his party lost 41 seats in the House but oddly gained two in the Senate.
In 2010, the Democrat party under Barack Hussein Obama lost 63 House Seats and 6 Senate seats, leading to the Tea Party movement.
Local - SC
SC Election Results Were Not Affected by Transplants
Many in South Carolina were quick to blame northern transplants for their election results the other day. They have been saying for years that this was the case, and it is provably false. How are states people are moving from getting bluer and states they are moving to getting bluer? They aren’t. It was a bad election here for the same reasons it was a bad election everywhere else. In fact, South Carolina did relatively well compared to other places. Texas, for instance, did a lot worse.
Obviously the big one that has everyone buzzing here was Darline Graham losing her election bid to Annie Andrews. It was a fluke election, and Andrews will probably have only one term, but South Carolina will have a Democrat in the Senate for the first time in 28 years. Graham was a terrible candidate. She didn’t know information during debates. She isn’t all that smart, and the last name Graham was not a qualifier. Nepotism is not a reason to vote for someone. President Trump should not have forced her on us.
Our Choices For Senate: Bad and Worse
Darline Graham has not earned my vote.
Everything that was true about her during the primary is still true. She is not qualified to be a Senator and only received the position due to nepotism. She is not particularly intelligent, and will likely carry on the same warmongering, USAID loving, politically convenient policies that her brother did. And at some point, she will probably stab President Trump in the back, like her brother did.
So what are the options? Well, voting Democrat is not one. This blogger has never voted for a Democrat in his life and never will. In the case of this year’s senate race, the Democrat, Annie Andrews, is for child castration (though she is trying to deny it and moderate her image in a red state). It has earned her the nickname “Tranny Annie.”
On the other end, the establishment in this state has been a huge disappointment in the roughly 6 years I have lived here (and before that). Just about every time, the Republican party puts up the closest candidate to a Democrat with an R after their name. They generally have conservative voting records around 50% or lower, where over 80% is what ought to be expected. Lindsey Graham was no exception. It’s what Rush Limbaugh used to refer to as “Democrat-lite.”
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