February 13, 2025
2026 Midterms: Trump Is Just Warming Up
By Douglas Schwartz
Mark your calendar: November 3, 2026. Midterms soon become the primary focus to produce solid Republican congressional majorities. Republicans are preparing to turn Congress increasingly red. Musk brings the cash.
Thirteen Senate Democrats face re-election. Most represent safely blue states, but some who do not include Booker (N.J.), Ossoff (Ga.), Shaheen (N.H.), Warner (Va.), and Peters (Mich.). Terms of alleged Republicans Collins and McConnell are expiring, and McConnell’s health prohibits re-election. Trump won Georgia and Michigan in 2024; New Hampshire and Virginia have Republican governors.
The Deep State won’t fold quietly. We saw that in the Senate, Inc.’s resistance to Trump’s nominees (selected through a thorough, deliberative process). The few Republicans who considered resisting (Ernst, who wavered on Hegseth’s nomination; Murkowski; McConnell; and Collins) were chastised by threats of well funded future primary opponents — the Liz Cheney treatment. Ernst is now Musk’s best friend in the Senate, heading the chamber’s DOGE caucus.
Democrats (Fetterman excepted) double down on failure. Their grilling of Trump’s nominees backfired. As Trump might say, not a good look. Playing to their vanishing base ensures antagonizing the broad center. Sen. Warner is horrified that government employees hold security clearances and — wait for it — some are age 25! A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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