GOP is 'dead' after midterm failures — time to 'build something new': Sen. Hawley - New York Post

A Senate Republican has declared that his enactment “is dead” and it’s clip for thing “new” after a drawstring of deflating midterm losses ensured Democrats will control the Senate for astatine slightest different 2 years.

“The aged enactment is dead,” Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley said in a tweet Saturday night. “Time to hide it. Build thing new.”

Hawley tweeted shortly aft it was projected that Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada beat her Republican challenger, Adam Laxalt, in the pair’s hotly contested race.

Laxalt’s decision comes aft Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz mislaid to Democrat John Fetterman for a Pennsylvania Senate spot and Republican Blake Masters failed to sound disconnected Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly successful Arizona.

The House is inactive up for grabs arsenic a fistful of undecided races could find which enactment garners the majority. 

Hawley antecedently tweeted out other disapproval of the Republican Party days aft Election Day arsenic helium argued, “You can’t expect autarkic voters to ballot Republican unless you springiness them an docket they attraction about.”

Hawley also wrote that “Washington Republicanism lost big” connected Election Day due to the fact that of failed priorities.

“When your ‘agenda’ is cave to Big Pharma connected insulin, cave to [Dem Senate Majority Leader Chuck] Schumer connected weapon power & Green New Deal (‘infrastructure’), and tease changes to Social Security and Medicare, you lose,” helium said.

“What are Republicans really going to bash for moving people?” Hawley added. “How about, to start: tougher tariffs connected China, reshore American jobs, unfastened up American vigor afloat throttle, 100k caller cops connected the street. Unrig the system.”

Sen. Josh Hawley said GOP legislative priorities were not being supported by the American people.Getty Images

Hawley is among a radical of GOP senators pushing to hold the ballot on his party’s Senate enactment as current Minority Leader Mitch McConnell faces pushback for Republicans’ electoral failures.

He agreed with Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who urged the GOP enactment ballot to beryllium postponed, stating successful a Friday tweet, “First we request to marque definite that those who privation to pb america are genuinely committed to warring for the priorities & values of the moving Americans (of each background) who gave america large wins successful states similar Florida.”

Hawley said the enactment ballot should beryllium delayed until aft the runoff predetermination successful Georgia wherever Republican Herschel Walker looks to apical Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis have besides voiced enactment for delaying the vote, though a Senate GOP adjutant told Fox News Digital the enactment elections are expected to spell connected arsenic scheduled.

McConnell has besides faced backlash from erstwhile President Donald Trump for the GOP’s mediocre showing Tuesday portion immoderate Republicans person blasted Trump for contributing to Republicans losing captious races.