Did Trump Lose The Midterms?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

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🗓️ 8 November 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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What do the Democratic gains in the House and Republican gains in the Senate mean for the country’s future? Ross Douthat dreams of a fantastic world of rainbows, child tax credits and a better president. David Leonhardt wishes racism was more decisively rejected in the midterms. Michelle Goldberg thinks women will save this country yet. And whether you’re elated or disappointed after election day, we have a suggestion: Go take a bath. For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument.

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0:00.0	I'm Michelle Goldberg.
0:01.2	I'm Ross Douthert.
0:02.3	I'm David Leonhardt, taking back the mic.
0:04.8	And this is the argument.
0:07.8	Today, we're making sense of the 2018 midterm elections.
0:12.9	The Democrats won.
0:14.3	They won many more votes than the Republicans.
0:16.5	They retook the House.
0:18.3	Most of the country rejected President Trump.
0:21.1	Despite all little today, we won.
0:24.7	Today, I think the people of Kansas
0:28.0	really spoke and they spoke so loudly.
0:33.2	And yet, there were also some big disappointments for Democrats.
0:36.3	And a familiar theme to those disappointments.
0:39.6	Across rural America, Democrats are continuing to get hammered.
0:44.8	God bless Texas!
0:49.4	Earlier this evening, I called Mr. Ron DeSantis
0:53.6	and congratulated him.
0:55.2	I'm...
0:57.0	I sincerely regret that I couldn't bring it home for you.
1:00.0	It happened in Florida, Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Indiana, North Dakota.
1:06.0	So what does it all mean?
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