The Year’s Top Five Political Losers

There are always losers in politics. 2022 was no exception. 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  

The Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision in Ukraine to invade earned him the title of one of the biggest losers of the year.
(Alexander Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

When Russian President Vladimir Putin made He made the poor decision to invade Ukraine in Feb 2022 with the hope that it would be an easy and quick task. We are now almost a year later and the Russian forces are stuck with no end in view. Putin will be remembered as a murderous dictator and brutal aggressor who invaded sovereign nations without any provocation. Putin created an international hero in Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zilenskyy, who was a champion of 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  

While Dr. Anthony Fauci may be leaving the scene, he is still the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 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 time passed and the cloud of COVID-19 started to lift in 2022 it became clear that loser No. With the words and actions of Chief Medical Advisor to President, mainstream media darling, 2, 2 became clear. 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. Combining these two factors made Big Tech one of this year’s worst losers. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images).

Big Tech ranks No. 3 because it achieved something many thought 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 $400 million in partisan get-out vote efforts for Joe Biden. “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. Nobody knows the location of the Pulitzer Prize-worthy. “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 also be known as the year when cost was lowest. Senators Joe Manchin, D-WV, and Kyrsten Sinema, I-AZ, They can also share the last spot on the list as the biggest losers because of their political careers. 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 not to join the Democrat Party and become an independent will make it difficult for her to reelect herself in Arizona. However, it may also result in the Democrats losing a crucial U.S. Senate spot and potentially their majority status in 2020.  

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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The most significant loser in 2022 is Liz Cheney, the outgoing 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 was unable to win a Wyoming congressional primary because of her partisan perch with the January 6 Select Committee. This committee was not only a waste of millions, but it also came up with nothing. In the end, it was exposed as a taxpayer funded presidential exploratory committee. According to a Washington Post story, a staff member of the committee said that they were quoting a Washington Post reporter. “…when [the committee] became a Cheney 2024 campaign, many of us became discouraged.” 

Everything is now fresh. In 365 days, who will be the winner and who will go home empty-handed? Only time will tell.  

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