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Donald Trump is good only for Donald Trump

By Siraj Hashmi

Published November 8, 2017 2:44pm ET

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Donald Trump is good only for Donald Trump — Tuesday night's victory for the Democrats is a referendum on President Trump and his agenda. According to an exit poll, 57 percent of the Virginia electorate disapprove of Trump's handling of his job. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) | Andrew Harnik

If the 2017 election is a sign of things to come, the Republican Party is basically staring into the abyss.

While it wasn’t surprising that Ed Gillespie lost to Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam in what was easily the most hard-fought race of the election season, it certainly doesn’t bode well for moderate establishment Republicans, who attempted to ride the Trump wave to victory.

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