Thread: Was It A Blue Wave?

There's a debate going on about whether the loss so far of Congressional seats by Republicans in the mid-term elections was a Blue Wave or a Blue Current or some other kind of Blue Something or Other.

As of today, Republicans lost 39 seats, and it will probably be 40 seats after the last district in California is finalized, in the US House of Representatives.

As of today, Republicans lost those seats by 9 million votes nationwide, 3 times the 2.9 million votes Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by in the 2016 election.

59 million people voted for Democrats in the 2018 mid-terms.

50 million people voted for Republicans in the 2018 mid-terms.

In 2016, 62 million people voted for Republican Donald Trump for President in the General Election.

In 2016, 65 million people voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton for President in the General Election.

So 7 million Hillary voters stayed home and didn't vote in the mid-terms.

And 12 million Trump voters stayed home and didn't vote in the mid-terms.

If all 12 million Trump voters who stayed home had voted Republican in the mid-terms, we would have saved the US House of Representatives and probably elected a 60 seat Republican majority in the US Senate.

So why do Republicans do this? Do they not understand that to win in politics you have to win elections? Do they not understand that it's a perpetual process, it's never over, it's a constant game, an incessant requirement to stand by your candidates and representatives, to do the simple thing of showing up to vote for them?

Unless you win elections, you lose your ability to fix our country. This Trump and Republican-led legislative session was one of the most productive and important sessions of accomplishment in many many years. Republicans passed bills with the help of this President that the country and Congress have been trying to pass for over 40 years. The outstanding work of this 115th Congress along with the amazing achievements of this President on matters of his own, make this 2 year Republican period one of the most notably positive and beneficial two years in American history.

I don't understand why all Republicans and Trump Voters didn't understand how crucial and needed their votes were on November 7, 2018.

It won't change what Trump does as President on matters within his purview and powers, but it will certainly change what he could have done with the many legislative changes he wanted and felt were needed to really fix our country, especially in the area of immigration which is so important to getting jobs back for Americans at higher wages with more benefits and reducing public spending on people and families who aren't even supposed to be in our country to begin with.

So, was it a Blue Wave? Yes, it sure was. There was some illegal voting in there, but there weren't 9 million illegal votes. It was the unfortunate decision by 12 million Trump Voters to stay home or for some even vote Democrat in the House races for one reason or another.

To me, that was most unfortunate either way.

That Blue Wave is going to have everybody living under Blue Tarps if we do not stop this invasion of our country, continue to bring jobs back, make lower taxes permanent and fix our healthcare system.

We cannot take in 1 billion uneducated breeding poor and pay for them out of OUR pockets. This will bankrupt us all and destroy this country.

22 TRILLION IN DEBT

OVER 50 MILLION ON WELFARE AND FOOD STAMPS

OVER 4 MILLION FOREIGNERS A YEAR COMING HERE TO LIVE OFF OUR HEALTHCARE, WELFARE AND FOOD STAMPS

OVER 25 MILLION VISA OVERSTAYS, TPS, REFUGEES, ASYLUM, ILLEGAL ALIENS, DAPA, ANCHOR BABIES TO DEPORT SUCKING US DRY!

You're exactly right, Beezer.

So why do Republicans do this? Do they not understand that to win in politics you have to win elections? Do they not understand that it's a perpetual process, it's never over, it's a constant game, an incessant requirement to stand by your candidates and representatives, to do the simple thing of showing up to vote for them?

Do the Republicans who have been voted into office realize they need to keep their campaign promises, and if they don't their voters will loose interest, become demoralized?

One entire section of the Republican Party became demoralized since the election of 2016. I watched it unfold, I was a part of that section. I speak from experience. Our section had immigration at the top of our important list. As we watched many other items ticked off the to do list, while immigration was ignored, we became concerned.

The Trump cheer leading section didn't even want the word immigration in the comment section. It might dampen their euphoric highs of celebrating the increase in their stock port folio. A post about immigration started the name calling by the cheer leading section
patience grasshopper
troll
concern troll
never trumper
and
worse

Many just gave up and stopped posting (never to be seen or heard from again)
A few stayed and asked the other section to help us hold our elected officials accountable on immigration.. We were told...

Trumps got this
Trump is playing 54D chess
Trump sees around corners
Trump is the best President in my lifetime, how dare you ask about immigration
and
on and on

We saw this, not just with the President, but we watched the kabuki show in Congress.

We also could not understand the manner in which our fellow Republicans were treating us. Those same Republicans before the election had been just as concerned about immigration as we were---what happened? why were they now calling us names? why were they hush-hush about immigration while the invasion of our border continued and grew? we couldn't understand and still don't.

I firmly believe this is why the R;s did not turn out to vote---demoralized---it's a big club and we ain't in it.

That's my take on it from inside the demoralized zone.