Hate Group Laments Lack Of “Righteous Red Wave”

Via email from the Family Research Council:



Republicans do not appear to have been able to bring the “big red wave” to the shoreline. “There is no red wave. I don’t even know if you call it a red ripple tonight,” former Rep. Michele Bachmann told Family Research Council President Tony Perkins during a special election night Pray Vote Stand event.

The abortion industry appears to have prevailed in numerous ballot initiatives, thanks in large part to an insurmountable fundraising advantage.

Constitutional amendments in Vermont, Michigan, and California that would add a state “right” to abortion in their states’ constitutions appeared well on their way to passage. [JMG: They did pass.]

In all, the 2022 midterms delivered a muddled message, nothing like the 63-seat “shellacking” Democrats took under President Barack Obama in 2010 nor the 53 seats lost by Bill Clinton, which gave Republicans control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 1952.

Pro-family leaders cared less about the margin of victory than the quality, competence, and faith of the leaders empowered at the polls. “I don’t want a red wave. I want a righteous wave,” said Tony Perkins on election night.