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Don’t lose heart Republicans — Dem disasters like Graham Platner will only make things much, much worse

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24.05.2026

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Don’t lose heart Republicans — Dem disasters like Graham Platner will only make things much, much worse

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Everyone’s angry with Donald Trump.

It’s true that things are getting ragged with just over five months left until the midterms. The president’s agenda is being stymied in the courts and in Congress by bloody-minded Democrat obstructionism, and by a handful of lily-livered naysayers in his own bare-majority party.

His poll numbers are as bad as they’ve ever been, apart from a rough patch in the aftermath of Jan. 6, 2021.

The war with Iran has hit gas prices and exacerbated the cost of living. It may be heading to some sort of deal, but cheerleaders are thin on the ground. His enemies at home are desperate for Trump to fail, even if it means America is dealt a savage blow.

His administration’s botched handling of the so-called “lawfare” slush fund is one of several own goals that his media foes and their Machiavellian whisperers have twisted into fake existential catastrophes to demoralize his supporters.

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Under inhuman pressure, he has a tendency to talk too much, and his sclerotic lashing out at blameless bystanders endears him to nobody.

The other day, he scolded popular Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich apropos of nothing, during a press conference,........

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