The 5 biggest political losers of the year

In politics, which is a full-contact sport, there are always losers and winners. 2022 was no different. House Republicans were the big winners, regaining the majority in the U.S. House. Ron DeSantis, the Florida Governor was re-elected with a staggering 59% of Florida’s vote. There are also the unlucky ones, who were left out of the race this year. These are the top political losers in 2022.  

1. Russian President Vladimir Putin  

Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, was ranked as one of this year’s greatest losers for his decision to invade Ukraine.
(Alexander Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

When Russian President Vladimir Putin made In February 2022, Putin made the unfortunate decision to invade Ukraine. He believed it would be quick and simple. We are now almost a year later and the Russian forces are stuck with no end in view. History will remember Putin as a brutal aggressor and murderous dictator who invaded sovereign countries without warning. Putin made Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zeleskyy an international hero for freedom. As we head into 2023 with 100,000 Russians dead in Ukraine, one thing is perfectly clear — when it comes to rogue regimes, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has company.  

2. Dr. Anthony Fauci  

Although Dr. Anthony Fauci is no longer the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), he is still a major loser in 2022. He will be able to answer for his COVID-19 acts for quite some time after the GOP wins in the House.
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

As the fog of COVID-19 cleared in 2022, loser No. The words and actions by Chief Medical Advisor of the President, a mainstream media darling, brought 2 into focus. Dr. Anthony Fauci. Unfortunately for Fauci, the scrutiny will now only intensify — because the American people are still hungry for answers — as House Republicans move forward with their oversight responsibilities in the next Congress.  

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Fauci’s overall COVID-19 response — whether it’s mask efficacy, school closures, vaccine mandates, the Wuhan Lab, Big Tech censorship, or misleading congressional testimony — what started in 2021 and continued in 2022 is likely to snowball for Fauci in 2023 and beyond. Fauci was asked these questions in a recent deposition by Eric Schmitt and Attorney General Jeff Landry from Louisiana. “I don’t recall” A mind-blowing 174 times. What is the reason for selective amnesia, you ask? The truth isn’t on Fauci’s side.  

3. Big Tech Companies 

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, raised $400 million for elections. This spotlight shined on his company which had also fallen in value. This combination made Big Tech one the biggest losers of the year. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images).

Big Tech is No. 3 because it achieved something many believed impossible. It attracted bipartisan condemnation from members Congress in a bitterly divided Washington. As they say, it was all downhill after that. First, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, was exposed for funding a $400 million partisan effort to get out the vote for Joe Biden. This was in the name of “safe” voting during COVID-19.  

Then, billionaire Elon Musk purchased Twitter and immediately exposed the tech giant’s role in interfering in the 2020 election by censoring stories that would have negatively impacted Biden. The Pulitzer Prize winner is unknown. “Twitter Files” will ultimately lead, but it’s safe to say that those involved should buckle up for a rocky 2023. And as far as Facebook’s parent company Meta is concerned, the announcement that it cut 11,000 employees along with the news that its value dropped by $700 billion has people wondering where the bottom is.  

4. Senators Joe Manchin & Kyrsten Sinema  

Democrat Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) were the biggest losers because they both worked hard to end political careers.
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2022 will be remembered as the “year that cost” year. Senators Joe Manchin, D-WV, and Kyrsten Sinema, I-AZ, Their political careers have been hampered, which means they can share the top spot on the list. Manchin has been disqualified from the West Virginia election by voting for the Inflation Reduction Act, a fraudulent bill that would have reduced inflation to $1.7 trillion and an irresponsible $1.7 trillion Omnibus Bill. Recall that Manchin only won by 19,000 votes in 2018 — a great year for Democrats — so winning in a presidential year in a state President Donald Trump won by 39 points probably spells the end for the Manchin era in the Mountain State.  

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Sinema’s decision to quit the Democrat Party in order to become an independent may make it impossible for her to re-elect in Arizona. It could also mean that the Democrats will lose a crucial U.S. Senate seat, and possibly their majority status in 2024.  

5. Representative Liz Cheney  

Rep. Liz Cheney was fired from Congress for her actions on the January 6 Select Committee. She is now considered one of the biggest losers in 2022.
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Perhaps the greatest loser of 2022 was Liz Cheney, a Republican Representative. Cheney went from being one of the leading conservative voices in the U.S. House to a footnote in former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s biography in the course of 24 short months.  

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Cheney lost a Wyoming congressional primary due to her partisan perch as a member of the unlegitimate January Six Select Committee. The committee not only wasted millions but came up with nothing new. It was also exposed in the end as a taxpayer-funded presidential exploratory panel. A committee staffer quoted in a Washington Post article said, “It was a waste of millions and still came up with nothing new.” “…when [the committee] became a Cheney 2024 campaign, many of us became discouraged.” 

All things start over again. In 365 days, who will win and who will lose? Only time will reveal the results.  

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