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How Bad Are The Midterms Looking For Republicans? Holy ****!

“Dems In Disarray” has become “Republicans On The Run.” That, as Biden would say, is a big f******g deal.

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Ben Cohen
Sep 07, 2022
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Not going well for this guy.

by Justin Rosario

There’s a brutal heat wave crushing the western United States but Republicans all over the country are sweating bullets and it has nothing to do with the weather. A joyous Spring of inevitable electoral conquest has turned into a wilting Summer of dwindling prospects. Now, the GOP faces the real possibility of dismal failure in the Fall, an almost unthinkable outcome just a handful of weeks ago.

How bad is it for the party of semi-fascism? Bad enough that “Dems In Disarray” has become “Republicans On The Run.” As President Joe Biden would say, that is a Big Fucking Deal.

First, a little context

In order to understand just how much Republicans are royally screwing up the midterms, let’s do a quick recap of how midterms generally go for the party in power. In short: Oh dear god, are they terrible!

Americans are very stupid when it comes to elections. We are not unique in this regard but we are particularly stupid in that we vote for a party to f…

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