Trump lost more jobs in a single term than any President since Herbert Hoover and was the least popular President in the history of modern polling. #TrumpSOTU
Since CPAC 2017, four years ago, the Republican Party has lost:
2 US Senate seats in Arizona
2 US Senate seats in Georgia
1 US Senate seat in Nevada
1 US Senate seat in Colorado
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's Party has lost:
The Governorships of Nevada, New Mexico, Kansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey and Maine.
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's party has also lost and not regained:
1 US House seat in Arizona
3 US House seats in California
1 US House seat in Colorado
2 US House seats in Georgia
2 US House seats in Illinois
1 US House seat in Kansas
1 US House seat in Maine
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's party has lost/not regained (continued):
2 US House seats in Michigan
3 US House seats in New Jersey
2 US House seats in North Carolina
4 US House seats in Pennsylvania
2 US House seats in Texas
3 US House seats in Virginia
1 US House seat in Washington
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's party has lost/not regained (long list):
1 State Senate seat in Alaska
1 State Senate seat in Arizona
4 State Senate seats in California
3 State Senate seats in Colorado
6 State Senate seats in Connecticut
3 State Senate seats in Delaware
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's party has lost/not regained (continued):
1 State Senate seat in Florida
4 State Senate seats in Georgia
1 State Senate seat in Idaho
4 State Senate seats in Illinois
2 State Senate seats in Indiana
2 State Senate seats in Kansas
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's party has lost/not regained (continued):
5 State Senate seats in Maine
4 State Senate seats in Massachusetts
5 State Senate seats in Michigan
1 State Senate seat in Missouri
1 State Senate seat in Montana
1 State Senate seat in New Jersey
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's party has lost/not regained (continued):
1 State Senate seat in New Mexico
20 State Senate seats in New York
7 State Senate seats in North Carolina
3 State Senate seats in Oklahoma
1 State Senate seat in Oregon
6 State Senate seats in Pennsylvania
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's party has lost/not regained (continued):
1 State Senate seat in Tennessee
2 State Senate seats in Texas
1 State Senate seat in Utah
3 State Senate seats in Virginia
4 State Senate seats in Washington
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's Party also lost:
3 State House seats in Alaska
4 State House seats in Arizona
6 State House seats in California
4 State House seats in Colorado
17 State House seats in Connecticut
1 State House seat in Delaware
1 State House seat in Florida
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's Party also lost (continued):
15 State House seats in Georgia
1 State House seat in Hawaii
1 State House seat in Idaho
6 State House seats in Illinois
6 State House seats in Maine
8 State House seats in Maryland
5 State House seats in Massachusetts
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's Party also lost (continued):
5 State House seats in Michigan
13 State House seats in Minnesota
3 State House seats in Missouri
4 State House seats in New Jersey
7 State House seats in New Mexico
5 State House seat in North Carolina
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's Party also lost (continued):
1 State House seat in North Dakota
2 State House seats in Ohio
2 State House seats in Oregon
10 State House seats in Pennsylvania
1 State House seat in Rhode Island
1 State House seat in Tennessee
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's Party also lost (continued):
12 State House seats in Texas
4 State House seats in Utah
8 State House seats in Vermont
21 State House seats in Virginia
7 State House seats in Washington
3 State House seats in Wisconsin
Then of course there are other measurable losses such as what our allies thought about the US President when Trump held the job versus when his immediate predecessor held it.
Trump's Presidency, when you look at it as a whole, is a story of loss.
Lost American jobs. Lost American lives. Widespread losses for the political party he took over. Losses for the image of America in the eyes of even our best friends in the world.
Now that Trump has left office, the State of our Union is ... improving. #TrumpSOTU
To those of you who mention the pandemic as being an excuse for Trump's job losses (which addresses one of the like fifty points I made):
The pandemic caused many job losses (which Trump's reaction to it exacerbated). But his job record was never great.
For all those MAGA folks who don’t believe this, I invite you to look at the raw data yourself. You may be surprised because you believe people who lie to you. But it’s true.
The GOP losses mentioned:
Any source that has the number of US Senators, US House members, Governors, State Senators and State House members for each party and in each state, 2017 and now. Pick any of them. It’s all right there.
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For those in the CPAC Universe, nothing will probably convince you that Trump lost the election (or that the moon landing wasn’t faked or that George Soros isn’t controlling the weather - but I digress).
But here is some attempted cult de-programming, anyway ... #EarthToCPAC
Trump didn’t just lose AZ, GA, MI, PA and WI in 2020 after winning them in 2016. Trump’s entire PARTY got wiped out in these and other states in the four years Trump was in office.
It doesn't do anybody any good for their elected officials to pretend to be conservative if they're also incompetent or, maybe even worse, have no interest in actually doing the job.
I have buddies who love certain politicians b/c they see them perform on Fox News giving rousing monologues about their supposed conservative vision for America. People born to talk paired with journalist hacks who won’t ask serious questions.
They don’t get why I’m not a fan.
I try to point out the following:
1) Talking isn’t leading. Being a good talker doesn’t mean that you know what you’re talking about. Commentary is not the same as competence.
Elections today are often ideological beauty contests. Not enough people ask “can they do the job?”
The argument that it is unconstitutional to impeach a former President is ridiculous.
First, the Constitution does not say that it is. What it does say is that the penalty for conviction can’t be more than removal from office and being barred from holding office again.
Secondly, even if it were true that there was a Statute of Limitations for impeachment that somehow ends when the President leaves office, Trump WAS impeached before he left office. The resulting trial is occurring after he left. But the impeachment (indictment) happened before.
An impeachment is akin to an indictment although one where the person being impeached, if convicted, will have penalties not worse than being removed from office and barred from holding office again. The Senate trial is like a trial that results from an indictment.
If you listen to the pundits, you’d think that the @HouseGOP did very well during the 2020 elections.
That’s not quite true.
Here’s what actually happened.
The only state in the country where the GOP had a net gain in House seats since Trump took office in 2017 is Minnesota. The party gained one seat there in 2020.
In the following states, the GOP gained seats in 2020 - but - only gained the same number of seats that it lost in 2018:
Florida
(Lost 2 seats in 2018, gained 2 seats in 2020)
Iowa
(Lost 2 seats in 2018, gained 2 seats in 2020)