Months into his second term, Donald Trump wagered that he could beat the historic trend of the party in power losing seats in midterm elections if Republican-led states redrew congressional maps to sweep Democrats out of office.
The gamble is looking to be a bust, or at best a draw, for the president, after Democrats fought back with their own redistricting efforts, the latest of which came to fruition in Virginia on Tuesday, when voters approved a plan that could remove all but one of the five Republicans in its current House of Representatives delegation.
Far from defying history, Trump now seems set to succumb to it, as the Democratic counteroffensive coupled with voter dissatisfaction towards the president’s own policies sets the stage for Republicans to suffer potentially brutal losses in November’s midterm elections.
Let’s remember this is a guy who managed to bankrupt casinos. Gambling is not his strong suit.
Also, I think a Constitutional Convention would likely end up dissolving the U.S. It wouldn’t really be secession, just “nah, y’all do your thing, but this isn’t what we want, and Nazi states should learn to be self-sufficient instead of relying on us to subsidize your bullshit.”
You end up with greater Canada on both coasts and around the Great Lakes, and the rest can believe Jesus is about hate and women should have no rights. Good luck with your economy without California and New York.
sigh A man can dream.