Don’t Believe the Left, the Tennessee Election Was a Big GOP Win
Derek Hunter
5–7 minutes
There’s this thing in politics where people scramble to find something “good” to talk about for their side, no matter how bad reality happens to be. It’s like someone being blown up in a terrorist attack, but their pants were not stained or torn at all – whew! It’s a special kind of “missing the forest for the trees” you can only find in politics and dysfunctional relationships.
Under the banner of “Tennessee Election Result Is a Fire Alarm for Republicans,” the editors at Newsweek (yes, it still exists – in digital form, anyway, I can’t vouch for print) have declared the results of a special election in December of an off-year to be something Republicans need to set their hair on fire over.
Why? Because the Republican only won by 9 points in a district that Donald Trump carried by 22. Republican Matt “Van Epps held the deep-red seat, but his roughly nine-point win was a dramatic comedown from former Representative Mark Green’s 21-point margin. What was supposed to be a sleepy hold in ‘Trump country’ instead required a late rescue mission by Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and millions in outside spending from both parties,” Newsweek’s editors wrote.
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https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2025/12/04/dont-believe-the-left-the-tennessee-election-was-a-big-gop-win-n2667318
