According to a new report from Axios, Republicans in private of course,
have a massive fear about the midterms. And that fear is that the entire midterm election,
House, Senate, state level, doesn't matter, but that entire election could be a referendum
on Donald Trump. Makes sense, right? I mean, Donald Trump is all over the news. He's
pretty much the face of the Republican party. He's the guy calling the shots. He's the one
you all express the fealty to. So it would make sense for the 2022 elections to in fact,
be a referendum on Donald Trump. And of course, that was kind of made clear
during president Biden's Thursday night prime time address, talking about this rise of fascism
that of course was kickstarted in a way by Donald Trump. It's now being carried out
by all of his little acolytes out there. Your Ron DeSantis', Marjorie Taylor Greene's, Matt Gaetz's.
Boebert's, Jordan's, all these people, Abbott's over in Texas,
it's fascism and that's what Joe Biden was warning about. But all of it, of course,
links back to Donald Trump kicking the door wide open for these horrible human beings
to basically do all these horrible things. So here's what Axios says. Top Republican's biggest
private fear that November's midterms will turn on public opinion about former president Trump,
not inflation and crime, is unfolding across the political landscape. Trump is dominating the news,
picking Trump like candidates in primaries and shaping the views and rhetoric of elected
officials and those hoping to become one. That's why Senate minority leader McConnell
is telling people his party is blowing a golden opportunity to win the Senate.
Now, Trump has come out against McConnell. I got more on that coming up in today's member
exclusive video, but McConnell is right. The Republicans blew a golden opportunity here.
All they had to do was separate themselves from Donald Trump. And the reason they didn't
separate themselves from Donald Trump is because Mitch McConnell told them not to.
Not recently, of course, but last year during the second impeachment trial, Mitch McConnell easily,
you know, because the public mood was 100% against Donald Trump after the Capitol riot, McConnell
could have pulled his Republicans together and said, look, guys, this is a golden opportunity.
This is our chance. Kick the dude out of the party. Make sure he can't ever run again. We don't
have to listen to him. We're free to be horrible Republicans again, instead of horrible Republicans
that are loyal to Trump as well. That's all he could, that's all he had to do. That's all
he had to do to get Republicans to convict and prevent Trump from holding office again. Mitch
McConnell didn't do it. He could have done it in the 2019 impeachment, but he didn't do it.
He has had opportunity after opportunity, after opportunity to pull his Republican party away
from Donald Trump and he has refused to do it. So you deserve all the pain and misery that is
coming along as we inch closer to the midterms. The polls are shifting. Democrats are doing
phenomenal. It's crazy that this is happening, but it is. I love it. You know, Republicans are still
poised to take back the House, but their majority might be at its largest, a 10 seat majority,
which is still a majority, but it's definitely not a red wave. Y'all were expecting 70 to 80
seats earlier this year. Now you might be lucky to get double digits at all
if you even take back the majority. Trump's legal problems are getting worse by the day
and yes, that is impacting the midterms. The midterms should be a referendum on Trump because
the entire Republican party is the party of Trump. You can no longer separate the two.
So a referendum on Trump is a referendum on Republicans.
Meanwhile, if Biden continues to talk tough, if he continues to deliver for the public,
Republicans don't have a leg to stand on. And again, they're in this mess because they put
themselves in this mess. So they absolutely deserve everything that's coming at 'em now.