Did someone expect them to?The good news for Democrats is that it’s clear these people have learned nothing
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) November 10, 2026
The hallmark of GOP officeholders since Gingrich’s Contract on America has been to appeal to the deplorables at election time, and then disappear into an impenetrable bubble denying reality for at least two years.
It doesn’t surprise me that Johnson is publicly denying reality. Gingrich set that pattern, and Trump planted it in concrete. I was just reading that Boebert is contemplating a recount when the final ballots are in. That used to be an unsurprising turn, and even justifying one on the grounds of questions of “irregularities” was not unusual. But Trump’s screeching has made any legitimate review (only Mississippi doesn’t have a law allowing for recounts. There, you have to go to court.) seem conspiratorial, and attacking the integrity of the system. The impenetrable bubble, denying reality.
There’s always been a paranoid streak in American politics; but we’re going to be a long time recovering from the damage Trump did, and that we let him do.
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