{"id":2697811,"date":"2026-11-04T08:12:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignrepublicans-got-pummeled-in-the-midterms-but-dems-will-overplay-their-hand\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:18:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:18:57","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignrepublicans-got-pummeled-in-the-midterms-but-dems-will-overplay-their-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignrepublicans-got-pummeled-in-the-midterms-but-dems-will-overplay-their-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Pummeled In Midterms, But Dems Will Overplay Their Hand"},"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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignrepublicans-got-pummeled-in-the-midterms-but-dems-will-overplay-their-hand%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=2697811&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>Tuesday\u2019s results were disastrous for Republicans and, in the author\u2019s view, hazardous for the country.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. Roger Marshall\u2019s loss in Kansas &#8211; a seat Democrats hadn\u2019t won in nearly a century &#8211; was part of a midterm rout that handed the opposition control of Congress. The setbacks were widespread: traditionally red Texas elected a Democratic senator for the first time since 1988 and removed long-time GOP governor Greg abbott. In South Carolina, Darline Graham became the first Republican to lose a Senate seat there in almost 30 years, a surprising Democratic victory in a state Donald Trump carried handily in 2024.  <\/p>\n<p>Iowa, once solidly pro-Trump, saw its all-GOP House delegation reduced as Democrats captured three of four districts and won the open Senate seat left by retiring Republican Joni Ernst; the state also looks to have elected a Democratic governor for the first time in two decades. Michigan kept its Senate seat in Democratic hands, electing a candidate the author characterizes as blending Islamist and communist tendencies and as emblematic of a so-called \u201cred-green\u201d coalition.In Texas, newly elected Democrat James Talarico &#8211; who has made remarks about religion and gender, including that God is \u201cnonbinary\u201d and references to multiple genders &#8211; was cited as part of a wave of Democrats who ran with far-left records but marketed themselves as moderates to win skeptical voters. The piece suggests manny winners could have been candid about their views and still prevailed.<\/p>\n<p>Under the heading \u201cLawyer Up,\u201d the author argues voters didn\u2019t merely reject Republicans; they embraced a socialist agenda the writer says conflicts with core American principles, and warns that such policies won\u2019t cure inflation. That includes moderates and independents disgruntled over higher fuel costs and hawkish foreign policy, and conservatives who stayed home because they felt the party and president abandoned their promises.<\/p>\n<p>A top priority for the new majority, the piece contends, will be expanding the Affordable Care Act into Medicare for All &#8211; a single-payer plan that dr.Joel Zinberg (cited here) estimates could add up to $47 trillion in federal spending over a decade. The author also predicts the incoming majority may pursue politically motivated purges reminiscent of 2021, citing jubilant comments from Rep. Delia Ramirez and a tweet telling certain Republicans to \u201cclear your schedule.\u201d Representative Robert Garcia urged targets to \u201cLAWYER UP\u201d on X.<\/p>\n<p>The article asks whether Democrats will have time to implement sweeping items like universal government healthcare,Supreme Court reform or court-packing,eliminating the filibuster or Senate procedures,reopening borders,and also bring down gas prices &#8211; noting those goals conflict with climate policies and large clean-energy expenditures the author blames for higher energy costs. Even with a Democratic Congress, the piece notes, President trump would still wield veto power and has said he will use it.<\/p>\n<p>In a final section, conservative activist Ned Ryun is quoted predicting that Democrats will overreach, draw the wrong lessons from victory, and provoke a backlash; Ryun also expects parts of the Republican establishment to blame MAGA and push away from an America First agenda. Ryun urges the GOP to refocus on issues that elected it &#8211; affordability, the economy, strict immigration enforcement &#8211; and to move away from recent foreign-policy ventures, arguing such a refocus could reverse the party\u2019s fortunes within six to nine months.<\/p>\n<p>The piece is by Matt Kittle, senior elections correspondent for The federalist, an investigative journalist with three decades of experience who formerly led Empower Wisconsin.  <\/p>\n<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<div>\n<p>Tuesday was an awful day for Republicans. It was worse for the republic. <\/p>\n<p>As GOP Sen. Roger Marshall can attest, we\u2019re not in Kansas anymore, Toto. We\u2019re heading toward Havana. <\/p>\n<p>Marshall lost his reelection bid, a dependable Republican seat Sunflower State Democrats flipped for the first time in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/elections\/results\/2026\/11\/03\/kansas-senate-hamilton-marshall-live-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nearly a century.<\/a> Marshall\u2019s defeat was part of a midterm shellacking that cost Republicans control of Congress. <\/p>\n<p>As in Kansas, the political bloodletting was historic nationwide. <\/p>\n<p>Red Texas elected a Democrat to the Senate for the first time since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantavoice.com\/politics\/james-talarico-defeats-paxton-flips-texas-senate-seat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988<\/a>. Incumbent Republican Greg Abbott got the boot after three terms as governor of the Lone Star State. <\/p>\n<p>In ruby red South Carolina, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham\u2019s baby sister, Darline Graham, became the first Republican to lose a Senate seat in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/11\/03\/g-s1-151666\/south-carolina-senate-race-andrews-graham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nearly 30 years<\/a> \u2014 in a state President Donald Trump won by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/11\/03\/g-s1-151666\/south-carolina-senate-race-andrews-graham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">18 points in 2024<\/a>. Democratic Party cheerleader The Atlantic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/2026\/11\/andrews-graham-south-carolina-democrat\/689275\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described it<\/a> as the \u201cUnlikeliest Democratic Win of All.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Iowa, the heart of Trump country, the all-Republican congressional delegation was gutted, with Democrats winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-elections\/iowa-house-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three of four House seats<\/a> and grabbing the open senate seat held by retiring GOP Sen. Joni Ernst. The Hawkeye State will have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsaw.com\/2026\/11\/03\/iowa-governors-race-between-rob-sand-zach-lahn-tests-republicans-grip-state-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrat governor<\/a> for the first time in 20 years. <\/p>\n<p>As ballots continued to trickle in early Wednesday morning, Michigan kept its Senate delegation blue, this time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/11\/04\/g-s1-150029\/michigan-senate-race-abdul-el-sayed-mike-rogers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">electing an Islamocommunist<\/a> who embodies the growing <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/10\/30\/5-reasons-americans-should-be-concerned-about-abdul-el-sayeds-muslim-brotherhood-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">red-green alliance.<\/a> Texas\u2019 newly elected senator, James Talarico, who has said <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/talarico-walks-back-comments-religion-gender-after-paxtons\/story?id=133361405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">God is nonbinary<\/a> and that there are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/09\/30\/exclusive-texas-dem-talarico-caught-in-lie-on-trans-insanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">six genders,<\/a> puts the trans in transformational election. He and many other Democrat victors came into their respective races with a lot of far-left baggage but reinvented themselves as \u201cmoderates\u201d for an electorate that had pushed back against radical politics. <\/p>\n<p>Apparently they could have dropped the act.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Lawyer Up\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Voters didn\u2019t just reject Republicans, they opened their arms wide to a socialist movement antithetical to foundational American values. Said voters are about to find out that modern-day Marxism is no fix for inflation. That goes for the dwindling moderates and independents upset over higher gas prices and neocon-style military adventurism. And for the conservatives who sat out the midterms disgusted by a Republican Party and a president that strayed from the agenda that got them elected. <\/p>\n<p>High on the priority list is to take Barack Obama\u2019s ill-named Affordable Care Act and transform it into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4789463\/democrats-medicare-for-all-fight-post-midterm-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicare for All,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-dem-senate-candidate-announces-support-for-medicare-for-all\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Dem ... Candidate Announces Support for Medicare for All\">single-payer health care<\/a> in the hands of bigger big government. Dr. Joel Zinberg, director of the Paragon Health Institute\u2019s Public Health and American Well-Being Initiative, estimates the expensive healthcare scheme would add as much as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/medicare-for-all-isnt-medicare-as-we-know-it-bb3768a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$47 trillion<\/a> in federal spending over a decade. That\u2019s a strange idea of affordability, but it fits socialism to a T. <\/p>\n<p>But it appears the first order of business compliments of the \u201cblue surge\u201d will be politically weaponized purges \u2014 2021 style. Just the way old Uncle Joe Stalin liked them. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNoem, Markwayne, Miller, Homan, Bovino, what\u2019s up? Clear your schedule,\u201d gloated <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Delia_Ramirez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rep. Delia Ramirez,<\/a> D-Ill., an ICE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/chicago-delia-ramirez-bill-dismantle-dhs-abolish-ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">de-funder<\/a> with impeachment fever, after Tuesday\u2019s victory. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Noem, Markwayne, Miller, Homan, Bovino, what\u2019s up? <\/p>\n<p>Clear your schedule.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (@repdeliaramirez) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/repdeliaramirez\/status\/2117823240815215033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLAWYER UP,\u201d Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, declared on X. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Will there be enough time for all of that \u201cfree healthcare,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/foxbaltimore.com\/news\/nation-world\/some-democrats-pitch-supreme-court-reform-if-they-regain-power-in-washington-hakeem-jeffries-republicans-scotus-democratic-socialists-of-america-dsa-congress-liberal-policy-communists-mike-johnson-house-senate-trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">packing the Supreme Court<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/americansforprosperity.org\/blog\/what-the-dsa-platform-actually-says-and-what-it-would-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jettisoning the Senate<\/a>, and reopening the border between impeachments and criminal prosecutions? What about lowering gas and diesel prices? That\u2019s a tall order from the party of the Green New Deal and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/08\/15\/biden-clean-energy-funding-trump-cuts-01038213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trillions<\/a> in wasted tax dollars and the higher energy prices it wrought. <\/p>\n<p>Even in what promises to be a lame-duck final two years of Trump 2.0, the president still packs the power of the veto pen, and he\u2019s already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trump-touts-ultimate-power-veto-democrats-win-control-house-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pledged<\/a> he will use it liberally.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018All the Wrong Conclusions\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>While the midterms turned out disastrous for Trump and the Republicans, there is a sliver lining, according to a national conservative activist. Success will surely go to the left\u2019s head, Ned Ryun, founder and CEO of American Majority, said this week on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/what-the-2026-midterms-mean-for-america-s-future--76161862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Federalist Radio Hour<\/em>.<\/a> Just as it did in 2020 and 2022. Democrats, Ryun said, \u201cwill draw all the wrong conclusions\u201d about their newfound power, and they won\u2019t be able to control themselves. They will show the American people just what they\u2019re made of, and that likely will prove catastrophic for a left-lurching Democratic Party. <\/p>\n<p>Ryun believes a lot of neocons in the Republican Party establishment will do the same, screaming that MAGA doesn\u2019t work, that the GOP needs to abandon America First principles. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, all that we need to do is go back to why we were elected, and that\u2019s affordability, the economy, mass deportations,\u201d the grassroots leader said. \u201cLet\u2019s forget the foreign policy larks that we\u2019ve been on recently, get back to doing what we promised voters and I think you could actually see this thing turn around in the next six to nine months.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday crushed Republicans; Marshall loses in Kansas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2697812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-04-at-2.32.24-AM-1024x576.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7428,3933,6203,7408,5894],"class_list":["post-2697811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-analysis","tag-dems","tag-gop","tag-midterms","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-04-at-2.32.24-AM-1024x576.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2697811"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2697815,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697811\/revisions\/2697815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2697812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2697811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2697811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2697811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}