Republicans saw wall-to-wall losses in virtually every major election on Tuesday night, and many MAGA activists are starting to fear what next year's midterm elections may bring.GOP candidates for governor in New Jersey and Virginia lost to their Democratic opponents by substantial margins, with Dem...

Former Trump campaign chairman and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told his podcast viewers that Republicans should take Tuesday night’s losses to heart, saying: “The midterms start tonight, and the warning signs are flashing.” He observed that “Democrats just flipped two Georgia commissioners,” marking “their first statewide wins in 30 years.”

Far-right influencer Mike Cernovich (who spawned the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory) tweeted: “Ted Cruz and Mark Levin are walking Trump into impeachments and then prison. 2026 will be a blood bath.” MAGA podcaster Jack Posobiec likewise warned that “2026 will be worse if we don’t course-correct.”

  • Dragomus@lemmy.world
    27·
    4 days ago

    Or making it a felony if an election candidate ever was fined for jaywalking or some other minor transgression … perhaps even give them jailtime for it …

      • bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        15·
        4 days ago

        And didn’t the Constitution plainly say he couldn’t legally run, but scotus is not interested in that document constraining them anymore.

        • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
          5·
          3 days ago

          14th amendment. He enacted a coup, is straight up not eligible. Scotus decided that whoever wrote that didn’t mention how it gets enforced, so whoopsies that part of the amendment is useless.

    • someguy3@lemmy.world
      111·
      4 days ago

      Whoa whoa whoa we can’t ruin young Republican lives over minor transgressions.