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Trump takes DEFIANT tone after Democrats take the House: 'Buckle up'

The Blaze
6 days 6 hours ago


President Donald Trump is not backing down despite Democrats taking the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections Tuesday.

A White House official put the blame of the election night losses on Republican candidates and implied that the president was eager to ramp up his efforts to fight the left.

'Regardless of how today plays out, President Trump's resolve to stop the Radical Left is only going to become stronger.'

"President Trump was not on the ballot, and it's proven that Trump voters show up when he is on the ballot," the official said, according to The Hill.

"Also, candidate quality matters, and President Trump did a better job promoting many of the candidates on the ballot than the candidates did themselves," the official added.

The official described the mood at the White House as "defiant" and added that voters would regret supporting Democrats.

"Anyone who voted Democrat today is going to have a serious case of buyers [sic] remorse when gas prices come down quickly when the Iran conflict is solved but they're still stuck with [a] list of liberal extremist Democrats," the official continued. "And a final note here: regardless of how today plays out, President Trump's resolve to stop the Radical Left is only going to become stronger."

The official concluded, "Buckle up."

The president reiterated the point in a brief post on Truth Social.

"I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter," he wrote.

In a previous post, he also blamed Fox News for bad coverage and touted that he had the overwhelming support of Republicans in polling.

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Democrats have made astounding gains on election night and are closing in on capturing the U.S. Senate. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has conceded to his Democratic challenger, and James Talarico has flipped one of the state's seats in the U.S. Senate.

Early exit polling showed that voters were upset about the economic fallout from the military operation against Iran, and many were not happy about the state of the economy.

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Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown picks up Senate seat over incumbent Jon Husted

The Blaze
6 days 6 hours ago


Ohio’s closely watched U.S. Senate race has been called.

The contest between incumbent Republican Sen. Jon Husted and Democratic former Sen. Sherrod Brown ended with Brown securing a Democratic pickup.

'This victory belongs to all of us. Thank you, Ohio.'

According to the Associated Press, Brown defeated Husted in Tuesday’s special election.

As of 11:10 p.m. ET, Brown had received 48.6% of the vote to Husted's 46.5%, with 87% of the expected votes reported.

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Brown celebrated the win with a few posts, including his congratulations to fellow Democrat and the next governor of Ohio, Amy Acton.

In a second post that included a short video, Brown wrote, "This victory belongs to all of us. Thank you, Ohio."

Husted was appointed to the Senate in January 2025 after then-Sen. JD Vance became vice president. Brown sought a return to the seat after losing his previous Senate seat to Republican Bernie Moreno in 2024.

As of Friday afternoon, the latest polling average on Blaze Poll Watch favored Sherrod Brown over Jon Husted by 3.4 points — 47.9%-44.5%.

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Paxton swept away by blue wave after most expensive Senate race on record

The Blaze
6 days 6 hours ago


Texas has rejected Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton at the ballot box on Tuesday and voted to seat Democrat James Talarico in the U.S. Senate.

Talarico is the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate in Texas since 1988.

The Trump-endorsed Republican ... grossly underperformed in various counties ... where President Donald Trump at the very least secured healthy majority support in 2024.

Paxton, who beat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the GOP primary runoff, was trailing Talarico 59.4%-39% when AP called the race for his liberal opponent — a call that came after the Decision Desk HQ and NBC News dubbed Talarico the victor.

The Trump-endorsed Republican, who was dogged by numerous scandals during the campaign, grossly underperformed in various counties — such as Collin, Denton, Jefferson, and Webb — where President Donald Trump at the very least secured healthy majority support in 2024.

A White House official told Fox News' Peter Doocy, "Candidate quality matters, and President Trump did a better job promoting many of the candidates on the ballot than the candidates did themselves."

This defeat comes after a closely watched race in which recent polls showed Talarico leading by up to seven percentage points.

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Talarico, whose ally Texas state Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D) won the governor's mansion, mopped up the vast majority of early in-person votes and mail-in votes, according to NBC News.

Talarico rebranded himself as a moderate on the campaign trail.

For example, he posed with meat after previously clutching pearls over animal welfare and the impact of meat consumption on "climate change"; walked back some of his more radical theological claims such as "God is nonbinary"; and masqueraded as a "border security Democrat" despite repeatedly voting against border and immigration security measures.

Talarico — whom White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller dubbed the "first transgender Senate candidate" — was evidently able to convince some Texans of his election-time conversion. He certainly won over members of the Bush family.

Texas' 2026 U.S. Senate race was the most expensive non-presidential race on record, according to AdImpact. Over $407 million was reportedly spent on ads and reservations in the general Senate election — and Republicans outspent Democrats $140.7 million in vain.

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