One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.

So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."

Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.

There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.

But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.

Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:

1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel

Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)

In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.

The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.

If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.

But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.

I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

Mia Khalifa is a virgin.

I’m gay. I voted straight Republican today. The party that secured the border and lets me live openly beats the one that puts me on a flag then opens the door to cultures that would kill me.

As someone whose family fled Iran, watching America elect jihadis is truly disturbing.

I think it would have been a good idea to pass the SAVE America Act.

Koreans grilling pork outside of a mosque construction site to protest Islam.

Patriots.

one thing a woman love saying is “I never asked you to do that for me” LOLLL

“Omg you’re racist” “omg you’re a facist” “omg you’re Islamophobic”……

Ok and?….. Some cultures are superior to others. Cry about it bitch.

La bandera del terror, el caos y la destrucción.

WAIT. France was hiding their educational resources in the Louis Vuitton store this entire time!

Fun fact: Not a single mosque was damaged during the riots in France

All these gimmicks while lusting over your own cousin

So it’s true, the new gen’s have no idea how to read an analog clock, cause that’s not 7:12 lol

Funny how @cenkuygur seems to have very different opinions about DOJ raids depending on which party does them.

Tommy Nichols aka AllSkillPedo, mug shot.

@TheDemocrats Why are you lying? You know full well Trump said, immediately before this line, that higher gas prices are a small price to pay to keep our country safe from Iran nuking our cities.

This is really, really bad. There are, unfortunately, a lot of people who will believe you.

The funniest part about this is it literally breaks their entire narrative that the Trump admin is a “regime”. They’re just too stupid to notice them owning themselves.

We did a slate roof which is not only more expensive materials wise, it’s also incredibly more labor intensive than your standard shingle roof and the roof was 10,500 sqft.

The total cost for this was $180,000. This is fraud right in your face and liberals are defending it.

Our time has come.

Muslims say shit like this and then cry genocide.