Political commentator Bill O’Reilly suggested this on Friday tuesday blue election wipeout Voters can be tracked’ issues with potency and the rising cost of living just 10 months into President Trump’s second term, saying, “People are angry.”
Responding to “Real Time” host Bill Maher’s suggestion that Americans are looking for more “normal” leaders, O’Reilly said Democrats win because of broken promises.
“The reason the Democrats won is because people are angry,” the former Fox News host said during Friday’s show. “They’re angry, and not just in three states and New York City.”
“They’re angry because President Trump promised to lower food prices and lower gas prices,” he said.
O’Reilly claimed that a cheeseburger costs $36 “where I’m living” in Los Angeles.
“I can buy a cow for $36,” he said to applause from the audience. “…When you’re working for a living and you have to pay such high prices at the grocery store, you’re not happy. And the excuses come up.”
“When you’re not happy, power goes away every time, goes back [former President] John Adams,” he said.
Maher prefaced O’Reilly’s comments by saying: “My takeaway from this is that if you were running on the Republican Party on Tuesday, you wouldn’t have a chance, because people wanted to send a message.”
democrat ran a victory lap After a successful victory during Tuesday’s elections. Former Representative Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) won the race For Governor in Virginia, as did Rep. Mickey Sherrill (D-N.J.) in the New Jersey gubernatorial race. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) Defeated Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (1st), who was supported By Trump.
West Coast Californians voted in droves pass proposition 50A measure that would allow the Golden State to redraw the House map in favor of Democrats before next year’s midterms. The effort was a direct response to Trump’s redistricting campaign in several GOP-led states, including Texas.
“The Democrats have all the power in the world,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said at a press briefing on Wednesday. “Republicans woke up this morning and realized they are no longer in a 2024 election environment. It’s over, and their job is done.”
Republicans have accepted defeat, with Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) calling results a disaster.”
“It was an election shock. The results in New Jersey were devastating, the results in Virginia were terrible,” Cruz told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview Wednesday night.
Vice President Vance said Republicans will need Focus more on addressing rising costs To regain momentum for the 2026 midterms.
Trump has rejected potency argumentHowever, and GOP loss blamed At least partially over the ongoing government shutdown – which at 39 days is the longest lapse of federal funding in US history.
“Last night, there was no expectation of victory. This was very Democrat territory,” Trump told Republican senators earlier this week. “I don’t think it was good for Republicans.”
He added, “I’m not sure it was good for anyone. But we had an interesting evening and we learned a lot.”
