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The Matt Walsh Show

Ep. 138 - The Blue Wave That Never Came

The Matt Walsh Show

The Matt Walsh Show

News Commentary, News

4.727.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Democrats promised a blue wave. What happened to it? We'll break down the election results. Also, I'll explain why Democrats taking the House might be the best thing that could have happened to President Trump. Finally, Florida voted to end the disenfranchisement of felons. It was the right call, I think, and I'll explain why. Date: 11-07-2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Not sure if you heard about this or not, it was kind of a little small sort of human

1:02.7

interest story that the news was talking about last night. There was an election they call

1:06.8

it the midterm election. Maybe you heard about it. Results, which I'm sure you also heard

1:12.1

Democrats took the House as expected. Republicans kept the Senate picked up a few seats, sort

1:17.0

of not expected on that. And Democrats gained 28 seats in the House, made no gains in the

1:23.3

Senate. As opposed to say, the 2010 midterm elections, when obviously Obama was the President

1:31.9

and Republicans gained 63 seats in the House and I think five or six in the Senate. So,

1:36.2

that was a red wave. This is not a blue wave as was advertised and as we were promised,

1:43.1

not a blue wave, not a blood bath. Wasn't a red wave either. Wasn't a blood bath in the

1:47.4

other direction. Now, the spin doctors are going to go to work and spin it one way or another

1:52.3

as they already have been doing. Obviously, but there weren't any waves. There were some

1:59.8

ripples going in either direction, which is not what we were told. Instead, I think the

2:08.1

Democrats did basically what they had to do, what they were going to do. Given the way

2:14.5

that the map was drawn up this time around, there really wasn't much chance or possibility

2:19.2

that Democrats would fail to gain the House. So, that was going to happen. It was inevitable.

2:25.1

The question was whether it would be a trouncing and whether they could seize control of the

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