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Donald Trump has played kingmaker for years in Republican races, including in GOP primaries this midterm season, but his coattails were in tatters on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Democrats regained control of the House and the Senate in a blue wave that swept through traditional Republican strongholds like Kansas, South Carolina, and Texas. <\/p>\n
Trump handpicked several Senate candidates who were easily defeated, including Ken Paxton in Texas, Michael Whatley in North Carolina, Mike Collins in Georgia, and Darline Graham in South Carolina. <\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s gubernatorial picks Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio and Steve Hilton in California also went down to defeat, though Byron Donalds in Florida squeaked out a victory.<\/p>\n
The results clearly angered Trump, who went on a rant with a series of posts on his Truth Social account late Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Greg Abbott, the Governor of Texas, hadn\u2019t become a RINO in the last six months of his Political Life, he wouldn\u2019t have lost. He went back to his original formula, and it wasn\u2019t pretty!\u201d Trump posted.<\/p>\n
Abbott lost his re-election bid even after reversing from his earlier pro-data center stance amid a broad backlash against AI. But while in office, he had been a staunch conservative and strong Trump supporter.<\/p>\n
While stumping for Republican candidates around the country, Trump exhorted voters to pretend that he was on the ballot. That\u2019s despite his war on Iran and tariffs raising prices for consumers.<\/p>\n
But on Tuesday, he distanced himself from the large slate of candidate that he endorsed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!\u201d he said on Truth Social.<\/p>\n
A White House official echoed that view and suggested the candidates were to blame, not the president. <\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Trump was not on the ballot, and it\u2019s proven that Trump voters show up when he is on the ballot,\u201d a source told\u00a0NewsNation. \u201cAlso, candidate quality matters, and President Trump did a better job promoting many of the candidates on the ballot than the candidates did themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump also lashed out at Fox News, saying its rating are down because they\u2019re spending too much time covering the \u201cTrump Deranged Dumocrats!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of those people who used to watch Fox, and no longer do, get it. It\u2019s them, not me \u2014 My numbers are better than they have ever been,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
And for good measure, Trump dumped on Fox\u2019s polls. \u201cEvery question is a hit job, and every answer is \u201cBULLS\u2013T!\u201d This has been going on for years.\u201d<\/p>\n
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