The election last night was uncomfortably close and I continue to be freaked out by that. How so many people could have voted for that completely unqualified football guy is shocking to me — but then millions voted for Kari Lake and Blake Masters and Doug Mastriano too. There are a lot of them. A LOT. And if things go even slightly sideways in this country for some reason there is no doubt that in my mind that a few thousand votes could easily swing back the other way and we could be stuck with a full-blown neo fascist government led by Trump or one of his creations.
However, let’s just take a moment to thank our lucky stars that the Democrats have been fighting back and winning in this painfully difficult political battle:
'34 stat is something, but the one that's really remarkable to me is that with Warnock's win this is the first time in over a century (1912) that not a single incumbent Senator lost re-election.
In other words, this is the first time every incumbent seeking re-election has survived since the constitutionally-mandated direct election of Senators. That's incredible.
Originally tweeted by Liam Donovan (@LPDonovan) on December 7, 2022.
Yes, the GOP put up a bunch of kooks but that’s nothing new. Let’s give a little bit of credit to the Democrats who kept their heads down, did the work, didn’t dissolve into infighting and got the job done against big odds. Who’d have ever thought that the Dems would be the adults in the room? It must be the young voters who are setting the example.