Were the midterm elections the establishment’s latest trap for Trump?



From the day Donald Trump became a force to reckon with in the GOP, the D.C establishment has relentlessly worked to ruin Trump politically.

In 2017, the Democrats concocted and amplified the Trump-Russia collusion hoax that caused the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller. Following an almost two-year probe. Mueller's team conducted raids on Trump allies and his lawyer. At every point during the probe, the media claimed the walls were closing in on Trump and that he would be compelled to resign in shame.

When the Trump-Russia collusion hoax failed, they impeached Trump baselessly claiming that he was soliciting foreign interference in US elections during a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

When they were not fabricating hoaxes they engaged in other baseless claims. On some days they claimed Trump was a sinister dictator on others he was a criminal genius. On all days they called Trump imbecilic and bigoted.

All through these scandalous violations and baseless, the GOP leadership were spectators when they should have been fighters. When the powerful become spectators in response to baseless attacks on any ally, it means they are supporting the attackers..

For the 2020 Presidential elections, big media and big tech suppressed the biggest story of the election cycle regarding Hunter Biden's shady business dealings enabled by then Vice President Joe Biden. A poll showed that nearly four of five Americans believe that “truthful” coverage would have changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

Mark Zuckerberg spent $419 million to enable far-left activists to infiltrate sacrosanct electoral infrastructure and push for mail-in voting. 

that 69% of voters nationwide cast their ballot nontraditionally i.e. by mail and/or before Election Day.

Once again GOP establishment showed no support for Trump or the mandate of the people. The Democrats branded him and his supporter's election deniers for merely asking obvious questions.

When the protests at the Capitol Building went overboard, the Democrats baselessly impeached trump again this time for "incitement of insurrection" they claimed with certitude that it was the end of Trump as a political force.

Next, the Democrats set up the January 6th committee to incriminate Trump for the 'insurrection'. This was a sequel to the Trump-Russia probe, the actual goal was to prevent Trump from running in 2024.

The Biden DOJ and FBI raided Trump’s home without much reason while government officials in New York continue to investigate his businesses.

Despite this, Trump remains a powerful political force because he has the support of the people.

Biden’s catastrophic misgovernance has caused immense suffering for the citizens. All signs were that the GOP would take by the House and perhaps even the Senate with considerable ease.

It would have brought a halt to all the gratuitous probes, primarily the January 6th probe. The GOP could have probed January 6th ‘insurrection’ and the various insanities that the Democrats engaged in during Covid-19. Biden could have been impeached for violation of his oath of office by not enforcing the law at the border.

In other words, the misdeeds of the establishment would be exposed and Trump would see a resurgence.

Did anybody really think this midterm win was going to be easy?

There were many things that went wrong.

The GOP and surprisingly the media pushed the narrative of the red wave which probably sowed seeds of complacency among GOP voters causing them to remain indoors presuming a victory was inevitable. 

Mail-in voting that should be allowed in emergency situations was once again widespread. The GOP did nothing to change these rules in various states. In the 23 states with party registration data, 45% of early voters were registered as Democrats, while 33.3% of early voters were registered as Republicans, according to the U.S. Elections Project, which compiles early voting data.

The Supreme Court overturned Roe Vs Wade, this could have been overturned in January 2023, but instead, it was done in August, a few months before the elections. The Democrats suddenly had an issue upon which they could peddle fear and paranoia. Was this done upon consultation with the GOP establishment? 

Next was the elevation of Ron DeSantis

When Hurricane Ian hit Florida, the media coverage of it was surprisingly less critical than how it usually is when a natural disaster strikes a GOP state. 

It has to be remembered that a Hurricane irrespective of how well it is managed will leave devastation. There will always be irate and dissatisfied citizens who think the government hasn’t done enough. Yet the Democrat media did look for these stories to make headlines out of them. They overall allowed the narrative that DeSantis had managed the hurricane well, even Joe Biden praised him. There was footage of the two men working together, which many hailed. 

DeSantis's Democrat opponent Charlie Crist supported Biden, who is hugely unpopular in a red state such as Florida. Crist claimed he would bring mask mandates back to Florida. Crist talked about banning assault weapons and other gun control measures. Crist suspended some Florida political ads as Hurricane Ian nears. His campaign was uninspiring. It almost seemed like Crist seemed like he ordered to lose or was chosen because he was certain to lose.

Then the results were declared.

DeSantis won by nearly 20 points; it was an emphatic victory. 'Experts' compared this to Trump’s victory in 2020 by 3.4 points. 

They overlooked the fact that in 2020, Trump received 5.6 million votes while DeSantis received 4.6 million votes in 2022.

Hence, DeSantis despite his record of governance, the mass Republican migration to Florida, disciplined messaging, relatively favorable media coverage, and being pitted against a weak Crist, received 1 million fewer votes than Trump.

What was Trump’s record that night?

https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1590223833159860224

This was a strong record and a success rate of over 95 percent.

A strong night by any means for someone who isn’t an official within the GOP.

But that hardly mattered.

The narrative pushed was that DeSantis’s victory was a bigger triumph than the success of Trump-endorsed candidates. 

DeSantis received support from The Lincoln Project

https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1590781411430174720?s=20&t=4KNz64c55RSjpFXNQpCAqw

He was endorsed by David Frum, Chuck Todd, the WaPo, CNN, Maggie Haberman, Piers Morgan,

The conservative NY Post carried reports that Trump voters are done with him.

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1591038935588687873

It all seems just too quick and too easy.

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