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Trump allies triumph bigly

Whatever the wide results, galore of Mr Trump’s idiosyncratic allies person prospered successful today’s voting.

Marco Rubio, Matt Gaetz, JD Vance, and erstwhile Trump PR adjutant Sarah Huckabee Sanders each enjoyed beardown showings, writes my workfellow John Bowden in Washington DC.

Io Dodds9 November 2022 07:54

ICYMI: Trump unleashes connected Truth Social aft voting

After casting his ballot successful Florida, Donald Trump unleashed a flurry of election-related posts connected Truth Social.

In one, helium outlined each of the candidates he’s endorsed this predetermination cycle, touting those endorsements arsenic “TRUMP’S UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS”.

He past wrote: “Reports are coming successful from Arizona that the Voting Machines are not decently moving successful predominantly Republican/Conservative areas. Can this perchance beryllium existent erstwhile a immense bulk of Republicans waited for contiguous to Vote? Here we spell again? The radical volition not basal for it!!!”

In different post, the erstwhile president added: “EVERYBODY, GET OUT AND VOTE. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Then came: “Pennsylvania conscionable announced that it could instrumentality days to find the winner. This is outrageous!”

Subsequent posts read:

“Another large elector tabulation occupation successful Arizona. Sound familiar???”

“The Absentee Ballot concern successful Detroit is REALLY BAD. People are showing up to Vote lone to beryllium told, ‘sorry, you person already voted.’ This is happening successful ample numbers, elsewhere arsenic well. Protest, Protest, Protest!”

“Maricopa County successful Arizona looks similar a implicit Voter Integrity DISASTER. Likewise Detroit (of course!), Pennsylvania, and different places. Not being covered by the Fake News Media!”

Megan Sheets9 November 2022 07:00

Who volition look arsenic the existent Maga king?

Who volition beryllium the existent Maga king aft tonight's particulate has settled? My workfellow Andrew Buncombe explores the increasing rivalry betwixt Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis.

"Two wide indications of however Trump whitethorn consciousness threatened by the younger, Yale-educated DeSantis emerged this week," writes Andrew.

"On Saturday helium tested a mean-spirted nickname for the Florida politician – 'Ron DeSanctimonious' – the benignant of happening helium did erstwhile helium felt threatened by “'Crooked Hillary' Clinton, 'Little Marco”' Rubio and 'Lying Ted' Cruz...

"Todd Belt a prof of governmental subject astatine George Washington University, says that erstwhile DeSantis refused successful his statement with Crist to perpetrate to service a afloat 2nd word if elected, it underscored the wide held content helium plans to tally for the presidency."

Io Dodds9 November 2022 06:09

ICYMI: Trump settles herb lawsuit

Former president Donald Trump has softly settled a lawsuit against him by protesters who were allegedly beaten by his backstage information unit successful the days aft helium announced his archetypal statesmanlike run successful 2016.

Attorneys for some Mr Trump and the protesters told NBC News that the lawsuit had been settled conscionable arsenic a assemblage was being selected for proceedings successful a Brooklyn courtroom.

The lawyer who represented the protesters, Benjamin Dictor, said the colony represented “an unthinkable day” for his clients, who helium described arsenic “lifelong activists successful the assemblage … who stood up to support the close to code connected the nationalist sidewalk and person litigated for 7 years”.

“Today, the substance was resolved connected presumption that they are very, precise blessed with,” helium added.

Andrew Feinberg has more.

Megan Sheets9 November 2022 05:30

'These results are farcical'

The temper has turned sour successful pro-Trump online communities, wherever users are already blaming predetermination fraud for the GOP's weaker than expected results.

"These results are farcical," wrote 1 poster connected The Donald, which models itself arsenic a successor to Reddit’s banned TheDonald board. "There’s nary rhyme oregon reason. You don’t get a blowout from counties successful Florida and past magically transverse authorities lines into 'highly competitive' territory successful Georgia."

Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, and New York authorities were singled retired arsenic centres of expected shenanigans (to beryllium clear, determination is nary grounds of wide predetermination fraud successful today's vote).

"They support uncovering votes for Fetterf*** successful rigged Pennsylvania," said 1 user, referring to Democratic Senate campaigner John Fetterman. "They are 100% astir to bargain Georgia for [Raphael] Warnock," said another.

One idiosyncratic was amazed by New York authorities politician Kathy Hochul's evident victory, saying: "There is perfectly nary fucking mode successful God's greenish world [Kathy] Hochul has won.... the full f***king representation is reddish but similar 3 counties." (Most of New York's counties bash so thin Republican, but astir 43 per cent of the state's colonisation unrecorded successful heavy bluish New York City.)

Many users blamed constitution Republicans for squandering the extremist vigor unleashed by Mr Trump.

"RNC/GOP, McConnell, McCarthy got the results they wanted," said one. "Tonight was each astir splitting the enactment and strangling populism retired of the party. And they accomplished it. Trump volition run, but possibly helium should not aft tonight."

Another said: "Trump gave the GOP a winning connection since 2015. Instead of moving with him, they person worked against him each measurement of the way. This predetermination conscionable further proved that with however they did much to halt the America First candidates than they did the extremist Dems."

Io Dodds9 November 2022 05:06

Don vs Don

Donald Trump has blamed the evident decision of New Hampshire US Senate campaigner Don Bolduc connected his insufficient zeal for the alleged Big Lie.

"Don Balduc was a precise bully guy, but helium mislaid contiguous erstwhile helium disavowed, aft his large superior win, his longstanding stance connected predetermination fraud successful the 2020 statesmanlike primary," said Mr Trump connected Truth Social conscionable now. ("Primary" seems to beryllium a typo for "election").

"Had helium stayed beardown and true, helium would person won, easily. Lessons learned!"

Mr Bolduc, a erstwhile US Army brigadier wide was tipped by immoderate as a imaginable winner, but present looks apt to suffer to Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan.

During the Republican primary, Mr Bolduc had falsely claimed that Mr Trump won the 2020 statesmanlike election, but reversed his stance aft winning the nomination.

For anyone wondering, Mr Trump has inactive said thing astir Ron DeSantis's triumph successful Florida.

Io Dodds9 November 2022 04:44

Lindsey Graham says Trump volition person caput commencement successful 2024

South Carolina legislator and Trump state Lindsey Graham has said the erstwhile president volition person the 2024 contention to himself, immoderate Ron DeSantis decides to do.

Asked astir the blossoming Don-Ron rivalry connected NBC News conscionable now, Mr Graham said: "Here's what I think. President Trump, if helium announces adjacent week, which I deliberation he's apt to do, volition person astir six months to himself.

"He has the accidental to get a partition of money, a [lot] of support, and adjacent this happening out. And if helium fails to bash that, I deliberation a batch of radical volition run.

"But he'll person his changeable for 4 oregon 5 months, wherever he'll person this to himself, and we'll spot however helium does."

Commenting connected the wider results for Republicans, which were not arsenic beardown arsenic immoderate polls had suggested, Mr Graham said: "It's not a question for sure, but I deliberation it'll beryllium a precise bully night."

Io Dodds9 November 2022 04:12

Trump delays 2024 announcement until aft midterms contempt predetermination eve tease

Former president Donald Trump connected Monday ended an hours-long rehashing of aged grievances astatine a rally for Ohio Senate campaigner JD Vance without announcing his volition to tally for president successful 2024.

The twice-impeached ex-president failed to state his candidacy for a statesmanlike predetermination that won’t hap for different 2 years contempt allies and confidantes spending astir of the time earlier the 2022 midterm elections stoking rumours and hyping a imaginable 2024 announcement from Mr Trump.

One staunch state of the ex-president, Florida Representative Matt Gaetz, adjacent took to Twitter to promote Mr Trump to propulsion the trigger connected a 3rd statesmanlike run, writing: “Trump should denote tonight.”

Read Andrew Feinberg‘s afloat report:

Megan Sheets9 November 2022 04:00

Praise for Rubio, but not DeSantis

Mr Trump appears not to person mentioned Ron DeSantis astatine each successful his code astatine Mar-a-Lago, alternatively praising assorted different Republican candidates that helium had endorsed.

"You know, JD Vance is present starring 52-47. We had an unthinkable rally past nighttime successful Ohio," helium said.

"And successful Florida, Marco Rubio – we had an unbelievable rally for Marco, the nighttime before, with the heaviest rainfall I've ever been progressive with."

(He spent a small portion describing the "massive pails of water" and different inclement upwind that helium endured during the Florida really.)

"But Marco had a fantastic evening," Mr Trump continued. "That's truly tremendous.

He praised Katie Britt, who has conscionable won Alabama's US Senate election, and Herschel Walker, who is presently cervix and cervix with sitting legislator Raphael Warnock successful Georgia.

He besides offered a small barbed praise for the media, saying: "They are not the nicest radical successful the world, but they are superb financially... convey you each for being here. Have a bully time.” Cheers, Don.

Io Dodds9 November 2022 03:30

Trump speaks, but lone briefly

Was that all...?

Donald Trump appears to person finished his code astatine Mar-a-Lago aft conscionable a fewer minutes, which helium spent boasting that candidates helium endorsed had won their elections.

The audio chopped retired during the opening of his speech, but I didnt perceive him notation Ron DeSantis.

Io Dodds9 November 2022 03:18