Democrats (In And Out Of The Media) Live In A Fantasy World

Unfortunately, feckless Republicans made it possible for them to win.

Jack Hellner | November 8, 2026

It is truly astonishing that so many voters in Tuesday’s election ignored the recent history of the Biden years and believed Democrats had solutions to make food, gas, housing, health care, and everything else more affordable. Especially considering that Democrats never explained exactly what those solutions were.

The biggest reason Republicans lost so many seats, however, is that they did so little to obstruct Biden’s destructive policies and so little to help Trump, beyond passing his tax extensions and expansions.

Trump was accomplishing many great things, with little congressional support, including fixing immigration, reversing Biden’s oil and vehicle policies, reducing crime, bringing back manufacturing, fighting fraud, cutting bureaucracy, taking an axe to regulations, negotiating peace deals around the world, limiting Russian and Chinese influence in our hemisphere, and finally taking on Iran after forty-seven years.

Meanwhile, Republicans couldn’t even get bills passed requiring photo IDs to vote or protecting women’s sports and locker rooms, despite those being hugely popular positions. If the Senate lacked the votes, Republican leaders should have been making Democrats defend their opposition every day.

Apparently, campaigning on popular issues is much easier than fighting for them.

But Republican failures don’t make Democrats’ promises any more believable.

Democrats falsely claim that Trump is a threat to democracy and election integrity while opposing voter ID requirements and advocating changes to the Electoral College and Supreme Court. Some Democrats have even called for abolishing the Senate.

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