Fox News, of course, is still trying to make sense of what happened to the Republican Party
in last week's midterm elections. But later in the week, once more results started coming
in that were even worse for Republicans than election night, one individual on Fox News
decided to take the time to point out to the other hosts on that set exactly what happened
to the Republican Party. And I have to say, his analysis is absolutely spot on. So take
a look at this analysis of what has gone wrong with the Republican Party. And by the way,
who is really to blame? Here it is
In the air. Republicans continue to make gains in the House, hopes of a red wave never reached
the shoreline. The Senate also a toss up as some critics blame poor candidates and they
blame a former president, uh, Doug High, former NC Coms director Carly Cooperman, Democratic
Pollster and CEO of Shown Cooperman Research. Nice to see you both and great to have you.
Uh, Doug, first to you, Carl Rove writes today, Wall Street Journal, a number of pieces of
the journal editorial pace, talking about, uh, Donald Trump talking about the results.
Here's Rob's take with no red wave. Trump is out at sea. The g o p fielded too many
novices who struggled with crafting a message raising funds and waging effective campaigns.
Some were also knuckleheads with strange beliefs and closets full of problems. Many of these
remarkably weak candidates came courtesy of Donald Trump who did not vet his endorsements.
Do you agree with that point?
Uh, yes. And you know, we could go back to 2010 and 2012 where we saw a lot of these
terrible first time candidates that caused Senate races to fall by the wayside in Nevada,
uh, Delaware, Indiana, Missouri. Uh, and this is why Mitch McConnell was warning well in
advance that we have a candidate quality problem. But what we've seen is a real intensification
of this problem from top to bottom. Not just Senate candidates, but house candidates, Secretary
of State candidates and governors and the like. And it's what, you know, what I call
the MyPillow of the Republican Party, is we've attracted these more cartoon characters. And
if somebody speaking at a rally with a president or a presidential candidate is best known
as a pillow salesman, run to high heaven because you're going to see more of these cartoon
characters who are trying to make money off of the party, become Instagram influencers
and celebrities more than they are about being serious legislators. There's a reason Madison
Callthorne lost his primary in North Carolina. He telegraphed and said, Clearly, I'm not
serious.
The MyPillow of the Republican Party. And then of course, he proceeds to say like Mike
Lindell is kind of the ring leader of this freak show that has given us these cartoon
character candidates on the right. And again, he's not wrong. Now, I think it is unfair
to, uh, probably a little, you know, too much to blame Mike Linde for everything that's
wrong with the Republican Party today. But he of course, much like Trump himself, is
just the natural evolution of the Republican Party. It's an evolution that was taking place
long before Donald Trump. Of course, Trump put it on steroids accelerated that D evolution
really is what it is. And now we end up with freaks like Mike Linde, who are not only loud
voices in the Republican party, but they're looked upon as leaders of the Republican party.
Mike Lindell gets invited to all the big events.
He gets to be a speaker. He goes on right wing shows constantly. Of course, not as many
as he used to because he is not allowed on Fox News anymore. He is clearly not allowed
on News Max, but he is got his own deal. He goes on. Steve Bannon shows several times
a week. He's got his own Frank Speech tv. As I said, he shows up at all these Republican
conventions. He's put on a few himself. He is a leader in the Republican party, whether
they want to admit it or not. And when the face of your party is a guy who goes out there
and says, There's election was stolen, and I can prove it, by the way, use code election
theft@mypillow.com, and you'll see 50%. Like it's clear what he's doing. You're lying to
the public and you're pushing idiotic candidates so that you can sell more pillows.
Every time Mike Linde goes out there, even when he's putting on his own cyber symposiums,
he puts out codes that you can use on his website to buy his products. That's what's
taking place here. Every grifter in this country has latched onto the Republican party because
they know they're easy marks. Donald Trump did it. Mike Lindell did it. God knows how
many other little Grifters online have done it. We've seen so many people that used to
be on the left that have now tapped into that mag base because they know it's good for clicks
and views, and it works well with advertisers. They're making a lot of money jumping in on
this mag gr and it's not gonna stop because what Donald Trump did, and what Mike Linde
has done, is they've corralled the dumbest people in this country. And it doesn't take
a whole lot to swindle these dumb people.
And too many people, of course, are tapping into that and they're getting rich off of
it. So kudos to them, I guess. But it comes with a price, and that's what that Fox News
host was pointing out. The price is that you end up with cartoon character, idiot freak
show Republican candidates who can't win elections in red districts, even when they're favored
by six or seven points. So you gotta take the good with the bad, I guess, right? Republicans,
you get to make a lot of money off of it, but you can't ever win an election with these
freaks.