I don't blame President Trump for the terrible fallout of Election
2026.
President Trump has done everything that he can to make
America great again.
This is going to offend some people, but I don't blame the
vast majority of candidates across the country, either
The fallout falls fully on the voters. They are wrong,
and they foolishly voted against their own interests out of short-term outrage.
Across the country, Americans chose to punish the
Republicans by punishing themselves even more. No matter how frustrating one
may feel about incumbent Republican politicians at the state level or the
federal level, the voters are not going to fix the problem by giving power to a
political party which openly fraternizes with socialists, communists, nazis,
and antisemites.
This is a major failing. The real outrage is the American
voter throwing an electoral temper tantrum and hurting America.
Before I continue, I should recognize that structural issues
may have forced voters’ hands.
There have been two major parties since the Civil War, and
third-party efforts never succeed nationally. When a major party struggles with
unpopularity, its values also struggle. Wouldn’t it be great if conservatives
could form another party, ditching the stigma of the failing Republican brand,
but continue advancing the values? In Argentina, the United Kingdom, and other
countries, conservatives disaffected with establishment political parties
formed outlier challenger movements, which capitalized on voter discontent
without abandoning the conservative cause! Since voters can’t vote for a better
Trump party, they stay home or vote Democrat—and thus hurt themselves.
What should they have done, then? More on that later.
Pundits condemn President Trump’s decision to bomb the nuclear facilities in Iran as the catalyst for electoral failure. I don’t care: I am glad Trump did it. If doing the right thing cost him Congressional majorities, so be it. Part of making America great again is defending America from threats both foreign and domestic. President Trump has put America first, and that included taking out the megalomaniacal Ayatollahs and the IRGC.
Trump has put America First by cracking down on illegal immigration and mass legal immigration, protecting kids and families, keeping men out of women’s sports, and improving our economy with drastic deregulation and energy production. Instead of measuring his successes, voters complained about pain at the pump. What’s the point of cheap gas if your city gets wiped out in a nuclear holocaust?
The angry Republicans and Independents who voted for Trump
in 2024 will chime: “President Trump said no more wars. And he should have known
that “No new wars” means No New Wars to us!”
What planet do these people live on? Should our chief
executive just sit on his hands every time there's aggression against us? Are
we supposed to do nothing when drug cartels go after our citizens? Are we
supposed to sit by and allow Communists to take over Latin America, causing
more humanitarian crises and immigration to our country? Review President
Trump's remarks on Iran over the last four decades, and he repeatedly stated his
belief that Iran should never have a nuclear weapon. Trump did not betray MAGA.
He did the right thing, and he will go down in history as one of our greatest
presidents for doing so.
What do we make of the Republican drubbing at the state level?
If voters are unhappy with Republican incumbents, they
should have taken them out in the primary. Texas is a perfect example. Liberal
leaning Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw lost to state representative Steve
Toth, who had established his credentials as a conservative grassroots fighter
for years in the Texas state legislature.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton upset RINO incumbent US
Senator John Cornyn, too. Come the general election, Texas voters turned on him.
This is just wrong. Paxton was a national treasure. This man didn't just say
nice things about President Trump, but he fought aggressively for Trump's
agenda in Texas and around the country. He was the chief litigator who fought
the voter shenanigans during the 2020 election. He took successful legal action
to protect life, election integrity, and the well-being of children and
families. Did he have a stable family home himself? No, but he fought for
everyone else. I am really disappointed with Texas voters, so disgusted by his
private failings that they allowed a public failure like James “God is Non-Binary
and I Love Trans Kids” Talarico to become their next us senator. What the hell
were they thinking?! Ten years ago, Christians and conservatives forgave President
Trump for his private failings, and they elected him. Why couldn't they have
extended the same grace to Paxton?
Let’s talk about the Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio. Sure, he was a tech elitist. Yes, he supported H-1B visas and allowing more legal immigration. But those are Federal positions, and he was running for a statewide office. As Ohio governor, he would have no control over H1B or anything else. On the campaign trail, he advocated for conservative values and committed to implementing them. I agreed with him when he stood up to the Young Americans for Freedom conference and challenged them: “Do you want to be a winner or a whiner?” Real leaders stand up to dissident youth and tell them to stop feeling sorry for themselves.
If that's bad politics, then there's a larger problem in
this country. Don't get me wrong: Vivek wasn’t the best candidate, but why
allow a leftist to govern Ohio?
It all smacks of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
It's foolishness.
US Senator Darlene Graham was not a conservative darling.
Why would South Carolina suffer six years of Democratic representation in the
US Senate because they didn't like Lindsey Graham's sister? This is not good
strategy, folks. The same goes for the other US Senate seats and the other
statewide offices that went blue this year. I respect the frustration about
high gas prices and the lingering inflation. But how is voting for Democratic
control across the country going to fix any of that? Many of these Democrats
have campaigned on raising taxes, implementing more regulation, and cutting off
energy!
Voter frustration is not an excuse for me this time. This
election was a bad turnout, and American voters need to wake up and recognize
that sometimes you have to tolerate some stuff you don't like so that you'll
have better outcomes in the future. President Trump showed that kind of
foresight. Republican and conservative-leaning Independents should have done the
same.
