(Fox News) Many conservatives put the blame on former President Donald Trump for the GOP’s underwhelming midterm election results, which saw Trump candidates across the country failing to gain office.
Many conservative commentators took the election results as a sign it was time for the GOP to move on from Trump. Commentators argued that Trump had endorsed outlandish candidates who turned easy victories into close races, and close races into losses.
Others compared Trump’s failure to secure wins across the country with the huge wave of support for Republicans in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Florida.
“All the chatter on my conservative and GOP channels is rage at Trump like I’ve never seen,” Michael Brendan Dougherty, a Senior Writer at National Review, wrote on Twitter. “‘The one guy he attacked before Election Day was DeSantis — the clear winner, meanwhile, all his guys are sh***ing the bed.'”
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Democratic PA Lt. Gov John Fetterman (left) and Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz, whose Senate race was among the most contested in the country. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
“GOP Source tells me after tonight, with Trump candidates underperforming and DeSantis winning by double digits, 2024 is a “free for all,” wrote RealClearPolitics reporter Phil Wegmann. “‘Everybody in the water. If you want to take on Trump, he’s never been weaker.'”
Kari Lake over Karrin Robson
Doug Mastriano over Lou Barletta
Mehmet Oz over Dave McCormick
JR MajewskiTrump’s big November 15 announcement should be an endorsement of Ron DeSantis for president in 2024.
We can do better.
— max (@MaxNordau) November 9, 2022
Time to move on from Trump
— Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) November 9, 2022
“If DeSantis in Florida wildly overperforms all the handpicked and Trump-supported Republicans in other swing states (particularly if they *lose* close races), well then gosh that is going to be a fascinating new narrative that will be commented upon by positively no one,” wrote attorney and National Review podcast host Jeffrey Blehar.
If DeSantis in Florida wildly overperforms all the handpicked and Trump-supported Republicans in other swing states (particularly if they *lose* close races), well then gosh that is going to be a fascinating new narrative that will be commented upon by positively no one.
— Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) November 9, 2022
2024 pOf the races that have been decided as of Wednesday morning, Trump’s endorsed candidates have won 9 races and lost 8, according to an analysis from Axios.
