On the Anderson Cooper show earlier this evening, columnist John King said the Democrats have been pummeled the last four elections. Well, the Democrats gained seats in the House and Senate in two of those elections. Their Presidential candidate (Barrack Obama) won in a landslide in 2012 and the candidate in 2016 (Hillary Clinton) would have been President with a close to three million vote margin if there was no Electoral College. I am curious what Mr. King's definition of pummeling is?
Earlier on the Stephanie Ruhle show, Ruth Marcus said that the people voted for the change Donald Trump would bring. No, they did not. Again Hillary Clinton beat him by three million votes and seven million more people voted for third party candidates.
It is not wrong to state that the Trump Presidency is a fluke by democratic standards and that Republicans did lose seats in the last election. There is no mandate here. Journalists and Democrats need to be more vocal about this.
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