Former President Donald Trump blamed Republicans’ disappointing midterm performance on abortion and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Following the lack of a “red wave” in November, some Republican figures laid the blame at the feet of Trump, claiming it was his presence that turned away voters. Trump has rebutted the accusations since November but gave his most straightforward answer regarding where the blame lay in a Truth Social post on Sunday. The former president claimed that some Republican candidates “poorly handled” the “abortion issue” and that McConnell’s wasteful spending were the two key factors that led to the lackluster midterm elections.
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“It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t live up to expectations in the MidTerms. I was 233-20! It was the ‘abortion issue,’ poorly handled by many Republicans, especially those that firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of Rape, Incest, or Life of the Mother, that lost large numbers of Voters. Also, the people that pushed so hard, for decades, against abortion, got their wish from the U.S. Supreme Court, & just plain disappeared, not to be seen again. Plus, Mitch stupid $’s!” he wrote.
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Some conservative analysts have made similar claims. A report from Heritage Action found that abortion was a major issue that led to Republican losses, but only because Democrats were able to control the narrative around the issue by outspending Republicans by 45x. Likewise, questionable funding practices by McConnell’s Republican Party didn’t properly counter Democratic messaging on topics such as abortion.
