Trump’s victory lap in Iowa after special election wins
President Donald Trump couldn’t help but brag about a set of Republican special election victories on Tuesday night as he appeared at a White House event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday evening.
Republican congressional candidates Karen Handel and Ralph Norman won close races in Georgia and South Carolina, respectively.
‘We’re 5 and 0 in special elections, and I watched the faces on those newscasters, in many cases, and they were going, “Oh this is going to be a big night, this will be great humiliation for President Trump if she doesn’t make it,” ‘ the president said.
President Donald Trump couldn’t help but brag about a set of Republican special election victories on Tuesday night as he appeared in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday
‘They built these studios, they built everything, there were set. Believe me, had our wonderful candidate lost, this would have been one of the great big stories in the history of American politics. Those studios would have been up for weeks, they would have been talking for weeks about this tremendous defeat.
‘And after it said projected winner, they just sort of slinked out of there,’ Trump said, earning laughter from his Iowa audience during an event the White House said would be about agriculture.
Making fun of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Trump said that one journalist blamed Democrats’ defeat on the weather. ‘It was drizzling,’ he said.
The rest of Trump’s comments appeared to be a slap at CNN, which he has called fake news numerous times. The presidents supporters and staffers were sharing a meme of CNN prognosticators looking shocked and sad after it became clear that Handel was going to win.
Trump criticized Democrats on Wednesday morning for their legislative ‘obstruction,’ hours after the Republicans won the congressional races that were seen as a referendum on his presidency.
‘Democrats would do much better as a party if they got together with Republicans on Healthcare,Tax Cuts,Security,’ he tweeted.
‘Obstruction doesn’t work!’
‘Obstruction doesn’t work!’ Trump tweeted, mocking Democrats for failing to pick up congressional seats despite standing in the way of his legislative priorities
Georgia’s 6th Congressional District special election went to Republican Karen Handel on Tuesday night, delivering Trump a victory in what was seen as a referendum on his presidency
Democrats have dug in their heels, saying publicly that they will oppose any Republican effort to introduce tax cuts or replace the Obamacare health care scheme.
Trump’s victory lap will be seen as a strong pushback.
He gloated Tuesday night on Twitter that Democrats have failed in a series of special elections to make a compelling case against his agenda.
Republican Ralph Norman won in South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District
Trump, shown onTuesday at the White House, took a victory lap on Wednesday morning
Republicans, as Trump gloated, haven’t lost a special election since he took office
Tuesday’s special election in Georgia, held to fill the seat previously held by Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, was the most expensive House race in history.
Still, Democrats couldn’t cross the finish line.
‘Well, the Special Elections are over and those that want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN are 5 and O! All the Fake News, all the money spent = 0’ he wrote on Twitter.
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