not Andrew

Mayer was 1-11 in 27 mins West was 2-10 in 23 mins. Our PGs were a combined 3-21. There’s NO reason why Ertel and Webber shouldn’t be getting more mins. NONE!

Only Donald Trump could look at Tuesdays results and say I need to be more fascist.

Everyone who was pissed off at high prices: things are about to get much worse. The radicals they elected don’t want gas prices at $4, $5, $6. They want them at $10, $12, $15. They want to ban the gasoline engine. If the Democrats have their way, they’re going to drive up every cost you pay. The one silver lining is we know the Democrats are going to overreach in Texas and in Washington. That’s going to do a lot of damage to Americans and Texans, and I grieve for that. But out of that damage, we are going to turn this country around by standing up for free market principles, jobs, people’s families, and common sense.

Marco Rubio: "For years to come, there are many people on the right...that are going to be having to explain and justify how they fell into this trap of supporting Donald Trump because this is not going to end well.” (2016)

Trump: "By the way, I was not on the ballot, just in case you had any question. Because if we were on the ballot we would've won."

Hey liberals, quick question from a conservative upset about the midterms… Are we supposed to start rioting and burning down cities now, or is that just what you guys do when you lose? 😂

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"We're making it a national monument and it will not be allowed to be touched by anybody." President Trump signs a proclamation seeking to protect the Oval Office and Cabinet Room from major alterations by future administrations. The president has made extensive changes to the White House interiors, including adding gold decorations and portraits, and now wants to preserve the historic rooms through a formal designation. But the proclamation does not prohibit all future changes. See what presidents would still be allowed to do: foxnews.com/politics/trump-s…

Trump signs order preventing future presidents from changing Oval Office bbc.in/4iBDz1j

JUST IN: President Trump signs a national proclamation making the Oval Office a National Monument. "The Oval Office won't be able to be taken down, touched or destroyed—It will make it impossible for anyone to destroy this place."

Congrats, Democrats. You wanted the power, now you've got it. So here's the bill, due by February: Gas under $2. Free healthcare. Free food. Free college. Every last Epstein file released. And don't even try blaming Trump anymore. You run the show now. Every broken promise from here on has your name on it. Let's see you deliver. 🇺🇸

America does not belong to those who hate it. America belongs to those who love it.

Which of these top staffers will be the first to resign “to spend more time with their family”?

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up. So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us." Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026. There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true. But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone. Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were: 1) End the war 2) Focus on cost of living/inflation 3) Put America First 4) Change our relationship to Israel Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.) In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you. The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night. If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there. I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

Ron DeSantis: "Let's just be clear about what happened last night. This is as close to an extinction-level event for Republicans in many parts of the country probably as we have seen in the last 100 years ... if the Republican Party doesn't have Texas an anchor, we're not going to be viable nationally"