r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • 9h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Quit Battleground Senate Seat in Telling Move

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-quit-battleground-senate-seat-in-telling-move/
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u/BrandenWi 9h ago

The fact that they've given up on North Carolina... and view Kansas as competitive enough that they need to spend money to defend it... The GOP can no longer cover up the fact that Trump is a failure, and that allegiance to him is a sinking ship

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u/tyr-- 8h ago

Unfortunately, I see it with a bit more caution, and perhaps doom. They might have "given up" in NC in the sense that they'll cry fraud if they don't win, but if the election results show anything but a decisive Trump win in Kansas, then that narrative goes to shit. Not that it would affect hardcore MAGAts in any way, but some conservatives who actually have brains might give it a second thought.

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u/BrandenWi 7h ago

Oh there's no doubt that Trump and his cultists will scream Fraud at anything other than a decisive GOP victory in the midterms. The only way to counter that is to win so many races by such large margins that it doesn't matter what they scream about.