{"id":2414034,"date":"2025-03-20T12:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-whatley-hopeful-commonsense-agenda-will-win-in-midterm-elections\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:20:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:20:01","slug":"michael-whatley-hopeful-commonsense-agenda-will-win-in-midterm-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-whatley-hopeful-commonsense-agenda-will-win-in-midterm-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Whatley hopeful &#8216;commonsense agenda&#8217; will win in midterm elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichael-whatley-hopeful-commonsense-agenda-will-win-in-midterm-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414034&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Michael Whatley hopeful &lsquo;commonsense agenda&rsquo; will win in midterm elections<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2043641\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3351462\/vance-takes-over-rnc-finance-chairman-possible-2028-donor-base\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican National Committee \">Republican National Committee <\/a>Chairman Michael Whatley mocked the Democratic Party&rsquo;s strategy, which has strayed from his own party&rsquo;s &ldquo;commonsense&rdquo; policies.<\/p>\n<p>The RNC is fresh off President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s win, which included the&nbsp;popular&nbsp;vote&nbsp;for the first time since 2004.&nbsp;Republicans also won the majority in the Senate and House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3353106\/effort-build-women-history-museum-national-mall-traction\/\">Effort to build women&rsquo;s history museum on National Mall gains traction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3351927\/ken-paxton-hints-primary-challenge-john-cornyn-texas\/\">Texas AG Ken Paxton hints at primary challenge against Cornyn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3351244\/bob-menendez-trump-delay-wife-nadine-menendez-corruption-trial\/\">Bob Menendez asks for Trump&#8217;s help in effort to delay wife&#8217;s corruption trial<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">&ldquo;As long as the Democrats are doing everything they can to oppose a common<\/span>sense agenda for America, we are going to see them in the 20s and 30s in terms of support,&rdquo; Whatley said on Fox Business&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>Mornings with Maria<\/em>&nbsp;on Thursday. &ldquo;We are very excited about the map that we see in the Senate. We have great pick-up opportunities in places like Georgia and Michigan and New Hampshire. We obviously have some difficult holds around the country, and in the House, with this three-seat majority, we need to make sure that we&rsquo;re going to expand it. As long as the Congress is going to do its job and making sure they are moving forward with the president&rsquo;s popular agenda right now, we are in great shape.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2852190&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=b6cd7753af76f98179af08b30293d39f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whatley criticized Democratic lawmakers&rsquo; stances on deportation, secure borders, and transgender athletes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/3341792\/elissa-slotkin-transgender-athletes-make-sparks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"women's sports\">female sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3349265\/salena-zito-says-democrats-lost-so-many-voters-due-to-lack-of-accomplishments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>SALENA ZITO SAYS DEMOCRATS &lsquo;LOST SO MANY VOTERS&rsquo; DUE TO LACK OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Republicans originally had a&nbsp;majority of 220 versus 215 Democratic lawmakers. Since then, Trump poached Elise Stefanik to be his U.N. ambassador and Mike Waltz to be his national security adviser, which slimmed the majority.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance was recently selected by the RNC to be its finance chairman. This marked the first time a sitting vice president was chosen to serve in the role. 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