Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, and there are signs that the economy — specifically, Trump’s inability to deliver the economic turnaround he promised last fall — may be a real problem for Trump’s party.
After a wave of stinging results in several state contests -- in an election considered a referendum on him and Republicans -- President Donald Trump tried to dismiss the bad news in a flurry of social media posts late Tuesday night.
The party swept statewide elections in admittedly blue states and saw signs of a rebuke of President Donald Trump and a resurgence for Democrats after a year in the political wilderness.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats swept a trio of races on Tuesday in the first major elections since Donald Trump regained the presidency, elevating a new generation of leaders and giving the beleaguered party a shot of momentum ahead of next year's congressional elections.
In his first Truth Social post commenting on the election results, Trump suggested that the reasons why Democrats won is because he was not on the ballot and because of the government shutdown. Trump has repeatedly blamed Democrats for the shutdown despite Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress and the White House.