The biggest losers in the US midterm elections – the GOP and Donald Trump

Laying blame: Trump has said, ‘If they (Republicans) win, I should get all the credit. And if they lose, I should not be blamed at all.’ — Reuters

WHAT a well-deserved irony: For a party that all but certainly will win control of the US House of Representatives, the Republican Party (or the GOP) is the big loser of the 2022 midterm elections, second only to former president Donald Trump.

Those two facts are related, of course. Had party “leaders” cut ties with Trump after the Jan 6, 2021, insurrection he incited – as a healthy, pro-democracy party would have – Republicans might well have romped in in elections across the United States. They had predicted they would, and they had more than a century of history on their side: With rare exceptions, big midterm victories go to the party that doesn’t hold the White House.