Angry Trump Snaps at GOPers as Scale of Losses Sinks In: “Dead Party”
In Tuesday’s elections, Democrats won landslide victories everywhere. They won the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections by double digits, made big inroads with working-class voters, handily won the California referendum, which could result in five additional Democratic House seats, and more. Yet Trump blames everyone but himself. Punchbowl’s Andrew Desiderio reports that he privately chastised Republican senators, suggesting their the shutdown was the culprit. He urged them to neutralize the filibuster to end the shutdown, saying failure could make the GOP a “dead party.” And he angrily lashed out at Sen. Lindsey Graham in the process. In short, Trump cannot accept something fundamental: his coalition is much more fragile than many claim, and he only makes things worse by destroying the country. We spoke to New Republic editor Alex Shephard, who has a good new part on the energy that drives the Democrats. We discuss the shift of working-class voters toward Democrats, the media hangover from overreading Trump’s 2024 victory, and the throughline connecting these gubernatorial victories to Zohran Mamdani’s triumph. Listen to this episode here.
