Midterms 2022: Donald Trump Wholly Owns This Populist Flop
We called this as a possibility back in October:
And as is often the case, FULCRUM appears right: Trump’s months of preparation in most cases seems to have hurt candidates, not helped them. Dr. Oz lost in Pennsylvania; the guy isn’t even a populist or conservative, and Trump spent valuable time promoting him for weeks! And Dan Cox lost the governor’s race here in Maryland… the paranoid-seeming Trump fan didn’t connect with voters on any of the key local issues. Among other high profile failures, it’s clear that post-presidency Trump isn’t the big tent attraction the GOP was hoping he would be; instead he appears to be voter repellent… conservatives even lost some seats that were perceived as a “sure thing” for the party this year.