Mediaite reports:
As the Republican red wave failed to live up to expectations in the midterms elections, Ben Shapiro blamed the situation on Donald Trump. The Daily Wire founder took to Twitter on Wednesday with his thoughts on how Democrats are likely to maintain their hold on the U.S. Senate, and Republicans failed to win a commanding majority of seats in the House of Representatives. ”
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Here’s the basic takeaway from Election 2022 so far:
1. Democrats will not change course on anything; they wildly outperformed expectations, except in Florida.
2. Biden is their 2024 nominee unless he is fully incapacitated.— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 9, 2022
3. Republicans wildly underperformed, and heads should roll.
4. There is a lot of hope for the Republican coalition given their performance with Hispanic and black voters. But their candidate quality was poor and their leadership was either absent or counterproductive.— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 9, 2022
5. Candidate quality matters — underlying dynamics are not strong enough to drive bad candidates to victory.
6. Donald Trump was a major drag on Republicans, from his picks to his antics.— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 9, 2022
Trump picked bad candidates, spent almost no money on his hand-picked candidates, and then proceeded to crap on the Republicans who lost and didn’t sufficiently bend the knee. This will have 2024 impact.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 9, 2022
7. The Republican leadership class, paralyzed by the Trump phenomenon, failed to provide any leadership at all…
8. Except for DeSantis, who was a leader, an excellent candidate, and an organizer of his own party, leading to a Florida red tsunami.— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 9, 2022