In response to the outcome of the 2022 midterm elections, President Donald Trump said, ”It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t live up to expectations in the MidTerms.”
Trump said, “I was 233-20!” in reference to candidates he endorsed.
“It was the abortion issue, poorly handled by many Republicans, especially those that firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of Rape, Incest, or Life of the Mother, that lost large numbers of Voters,” Trump added.
Trump continued, “Also, the people that pushed so hard, for decades, against abortion, got their wish from the U.S. Supreme Court, & just plain disappeared, not to be seen again.”
“Plus, Mitch stupid $’s!” he said, referring to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Following the midterms, Trump said, “For those many people that are being fed the fake narrative from the corrupt media that I am Angry about the Midterms, don’t believe it.”
He continued, “I am not at all angry, did a great job (I wasn’t the one running!), and am very busy looking into the future.”
He added, “Remember, I am a ‘Stable Genius,’”
Republicans began pointing the finger at Trump when many of the high-profile immediately after Election Day when a number of high-profile candidates endorsed by him lost their races.
Victories of Trump-endorsed candidates came in the expected Republican states and House districts.
Following the midterms, Republicans gained a narrow majority in the House, but Democrats kept control of the Senate.
The Supreme Court’s June 24 decision overturning the landmark 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade helped Democrats at the ballot box.
Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett, all appointed by Trump, signed on to the opinion by Justice Samuel Alito.
Trump-backed candidates Oz and Walker struggled with defining Roe vs.Wade.
Oz’s position is that abortion is “still murder” at any stage of pregnancy because “life starts at conception.”
Walker, the former NFL star, denied paying for abortions of women linked to him.
McConnell blamed the Republicans’ midterm flop on “candidate quality” issues.
