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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Donald Trump’s Victory Triggers the Blame Game by Democrats

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Democrats are slowly coming to grips with Donald Trump taking office in January, but that hasn’t stopped the party from pointing fingers at who’s to blame for Kamala Harris’s loss. Plus, Democratic pundits blame the voters for an outcome the journalists never expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

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The fallout from Donald Trump's presidential victory on Tuesday continues, and Democrats

0:29.6

and their media allies are beginning to bait how they lost and why. What lessons are they

0:36.3

drawing so far? And what lessons should they draw? Welcome,

0:41.2

I'm Paul Giego, editor of the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, and I'm here today with my

0:45.7

colleagues Kyle Peterson and Barton Swain, both of whom followed the election intensely over the

0:51.7

last couple of years. First, a little summary for listeners of where we are

0:55.8

with the House and Senate races that are still unsettled. Looks like Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania

1:00.2

has a big enough lead that he should be able to sustain a victory over Bob Casey, the Democratic

1:05.5

incumbent, though Casey still isn't conceding, so that could go on for a bit. But he looks like

1:10.5

a winner.

1:11.5

McCormick does. Sam Brown, meanwhile, the Republican challenger has fallen behind incumbent

1:15.5

Democrat Jackie Rosen in Nevada, though that race also remains close.

1:20.9

Likely outcome there is 53 Republican seats, a comfortable enough majority for two years

1:26.8

at least. The House control is still less

1:29.5

certain. Many races not settled, but Republicans have the lead, I think, in enough of them that if

1:34.4

those told they will be able to retain their majority, albeit narrowly, will no more as the days

1:41.0

unfold. So all of this would mean, at least for two years, Republicans would

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