It’s still the economy, stupid
Because it's always been the economy, stupid
This week was, as President Donald Trump himself put it, bad for Republicans. We faced down election losses in Virginia, where voters embraced someone who drooled over the idea of murdering his political opponents and their families; New Jersey; and New York City, where voters embraced Zohran Mamdani, an Islamo-communist, with attendees at his victory party, where, ironically, drinks were far from free, including disgraced “Squad” member Jamaal Bowman, Qatar propagandist Mehdi Hasan, and America-hating Hasan Piker.
Conservatives have been looking to assign blame, with one particularly laughable argument being that those who have rejected Tucker Carlson’s descent into pro-Russian, pro-Iranian, pro-Qatari, pro-Mamdani, and anti-Jewish lunacy are responsible for these defeats in heavily blue cities and states.
Of course, the reality is simple: It’s the economy, stupid.
Read the rest of my latest column for Washington Examiner here.