President Donald Trump told voters to pretend he was on the ballot in this year’s midterm elections.

They did. And they resoundingly rejected both his policies and his Republican Party.

Democrats have captured full control of Congress, NBC News projects, with voters delivering a forceful repudiation of Trump’s agenda, coupled with a clear-cut message that Congress has not done enough to provide checks on his administration and needs to do more to address affordability and corruption.

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[–] 32 points 53 minutes ago (1 child)

Really rough night for the "elections don't matter" and "we're not having midterms" crowds. Pour one out for them.

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  • [–] 14 points 36 minutes ago

    Every single person who has been angry, upset, scared, and frustrated with the past two years needs to be up their representative’s ass TOMORROW to tell them to put these fucking fascists in prison and burn anyone who stood with them. We cannot let the Democrats try to have things go back to the status quo.

    The GOP and big business has proven they will fucking grind us to dust if it means they can make more money. Every single sack of shit lining up behind Trump’s fascist regime needs to be held accountable. Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino, Markwayne Mullin, and Pete Hegseth need to be in fucking prison. Kash Patel needs to be in front of a committee every fucking day for his bullshit.

    Elon Musk’s companies need to be nationalized or stripped of all their govt contracts. That motherfucker needs to be deported. Meta, Google, and Amazon need to be regulated.

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  • [–] 4 points 19 minutes ago

    And it’s Fetterman-proof in the Senate. What a weird and great night.

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  • [–] 5 points 39 minutes ago

    It is a great victory, but I feel it is gonna be a hard two years. I hope dem can end blantant corruption by Trump, which is very doable, but they will have a hard time fixing all the shit show that is going on, from AI bubble to oil prices.

    If people don't see legitimate economical improvements (which is unlikely given the current global situation) the next president election likely will not be as clear cut as this one.

    Disclaimer: I am not suggesting other issue are less important than economics, but we have seen time and time again: voters care more about gas price up 50 cents than elementary schools being bombed.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

    Oh boy, gridlock here we come. Enough votes to send stuff to him, but not enough to override his veto.

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  • [–] 31 points 51 minutes ago

    It's much more than this, but even this part is an absolute win. No more rubber stamping whatever Toddler Trump wants. It's a return of checks and balances. It opens up doors to investigations, shutting down budgets that fund his nonsense, blocking everything he wants to do, blocking appointments, and impeachment (though I still expect it never to pass the Senate unless they can show some smoking guns - even then I'm not sure).

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