Thread by @ryanlcooper

so Democrats whiffed the governor's race in a state Biden won by 10 points and probably lost the House of Delegates. remember, the key thing at this point is to panic and deflect blame

this seems about right to me? but as far as lesson for the midterms, who knows. it's a chaotic environment

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1455699881746526210

I would say the key lesson regardless of why they lost is not to flip out and despair. exact same thing happened to the GOP in 2017. take the lumps and move on

this also seems reasonable. in NJ (where Republicans have routinely won state elections) they ran on policy. then again, that is a convenient argument for the left

https://twitter.com/Yedois/status/1455705723443232769

one final tentative suspicion: Republican have successfully gotten a lot of backlash energy out of the George Floyd protests, in part because the entire topic gives Dems an anxiety attack

and here's some good news!!

https://twitter.com/BillHumphreyMA/status/1455695826890727433