Democrats Play Blame Game With Pelosi After Georgia Election – To GOP’s Glee

In the Georgia House special election Tuesday, Democrat Jon Ossoff was defeated by Republican Karen Handel, who for much of the campaign focused on tying Ossoff to Pelosi and coastal liberals. We also already knew it would only represent a very weird district that Trump won by just 1.5 points in the 2016 presidential election – but also reelected Republican Tom Price to Congress by 23 points.

In South Carolina, Republican Ralph Norman beat his Democratic opponent Archie Parnell by only 3.2 percent, .6 percent closer than Handel’s win, in a much redder district.

That election filled the seat opened when Mick Mulvaney became the White House budget director.

Her win marked an impressive rebound from polling that showed her narrowly trailing her rival as the vote approached, and signalled that Republican disillusionment about Trump was not as deep as Democrats were counting on.

The Republican victory – the fourth special election won by the party this year – has generated renewed momentum for the party’s long-awaited plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, with Senate Republicans due to unveil their own proposal for the American Health Care Act on Thursday. “All the Fake News, all the money spent = 0”, he said.

Relative success for Democratic candidates in the Kansas and Montana special elections had raised expectations for Democrats in SC.

One group supporting Handel drew fire after airing an ad claiming Ossoff supporters celebrated last week’s violence against House Republicans.

In a Facebook post, Rather said that the loss doesn’t reflect that Democrats can’t win in 2018, it just means they need to work harder and smarter. At the end of the day, those individuals are members of the 6th District, citizens of the 6th district as well.

The president turned to his preferred method of communicating with his supporters, Twitter, on Tuesday night as the SC and Georgia races were called for Norman and Handel. The district has been a Republican stronghold since Newt Gringrich won in 1974.

“Expect [a] circular firing squad in [the] Democratic Party – with [a] continued lurch to Left as [the] Herbal Tea Party gains momentum with autopsies on race highlighting Democratic candidate’s lack of progressive credentials”, Krueger said.

“Race better be a wake up call for Democrats – business as usual isn’t working”, tweeted Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA).

He concluded his screed with a humorous message directed at Democrats.

No she didn’t say “Donald Trump” but there is only one President of the United States of America. In each case, Republicans had to scramble to prevail in districts they expected to win without breaking a sweat.