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MAGA activist Laura Loomer It was predicted that the Republicans would attack. next year’s midterms next Miami mayoral election Last night, for the first time in nearly 30 years, a Democrat claimed victory.
“A bright red city in a bright red state turned blue tonight,” Loomer wrote on X on Tuesday night. “There will be midterms a bloodbath,
Describing Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins as a socialist, she said, “President Trump’s presidential library will now be built under the control of a staunchly anti-Trump Democrat who supports soft on crime policies.”
Higgins, an ex-county commissioner, defeated Republican Emilio Gonzalez, a former city manager backed by Trump. run-off electionWith almost all ballots counted on Tuesday, she remained ahead by a comfortable margin of about 19 percentage points, She would be the first woman to lead the city, which is the largest city in the state where Trump lives,
A Spanish speaker, Higgins presented himself to voters as “La Gringa”, a term to describe white Americans. He focused his campaign largely on immigration, and presented the election as a referendum on Trump’s radical policies.
,[Trump] And I have very different perspectives on how we should treat our residents, many of whom are immigrants,” Higgins explained. Country In an interview this week. “That’s the strength of this community. We’re an immigrant-based place. That’s our uniqueness. That’s what makes us special.”
Higgins also hit the hammer affordability issuePromised to build thousands of new affordable housing units and invest in small businesses.
Loomer, a close Trump ally, previously called on Miami residents to vote for Gonzalez, writing on the radical leftist Capture Miami, Florida.”
Last night also saw another Democratic victory in neighboring Georgia, with affordability again proving a major issue.
Disappointingly, the Democrats Eric Geisler Won a special election in a historically Republican state House district, defeating Republican nominee Mac “Dutch” Guest by nearly 200 votes.
“I think we had the right message for the time,” Geisler said. The Associated Press“Many of what I would call traditional conservatives held their noses and voted Republican last year on the promise of low prices and whatever they were selling,,, but they didn’t get it,”
Party’s strength has increased due to double Democratic victory row of successes across the US in recent months – including Virginia, New Jersey and New York City. In these races, Democrats focused largely on affordability growing economic concerns,
The trend has caused nervousness among some Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections, in which the president’s party historically loses seats in Congress. Currently, the GOP holds a slim majority in both houses.
Last week, the veteran GOP strategist Karl Rove Warned that the Republican Party could be in “deep trouble” in 2026.
in an interview with Fox News, Wandering claimed The damage from the government shutdown and the diminished benefits of the Big, Beautiful bill have left congressional Republicans “scared of the midterm elections.”
“Republicans are concerned, and they need an agenda going into the 2026 midterms,” he said. “And they have no forward-looking agenda at this time.”
Former Republican National Committee official Michael DuHaime echoed this sentiment after the Democratic victory in November.
“there is no sugar coating the outcome. They’re really bad for the party,” Duhaime said. wall street journalHe added: “Republicans would be smart to pay attention to the warning signs in this election,”
However, House Speaker Mike Johnson recently downplayed the GOP loss, telling reporters in November that “off-year elections are not symbolic What’s to come.”