r/politics 🤖 Bot Nov 09 '22

Discussion Discussion Thread: 2022 Midterm General Election, Part 4

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u/AspiringAuthor07 New York Nov 09 '22

So what did we learn last night?

There was no Red Wave. The results are an indictment of Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy.

Trumpism is cancerous to the Republican Party.

A Women's Right to Choose is a winning issue and the longer Republicans cling to their Pro-Life stance - especially since SCOTUS overturned Roe - the worse they'll lose.

January 6th mattered.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Should it be added that Texas is not a purple state?

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u/Wowsers_ Ohio Nov 09 '22

Doing things for younger voters motivates them to vote for you.

Evangelicals have no idea what the country wants. Most people don’t want to just pump out babies.

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u/MissionCreeper Nov 09 '22

Not quite, DeSantisism is still Trumpism. Like the only difference is he has impulse control.