kenbykenric

...be anything that will assert integrity of purpose & imaginative vision #SUBR #SULC⚖️ #khive

[doody @_Doodster]

It’s crazy how people spent the 2024 election cycle shitting on her.

Then, spent the last two years realizing she was right about everything and would have been the better leader for our country.

Now, they’re right back on BS, but still need her influence.

I don’t get it

[Scott Colom @scott_colom]

At some point, we have to talk about @CookPolitical and other “prognosticators” who had me and other southern candidates labeled as solid R for much of the campaign cycle. They made it much more difficult to fundraise and are part of the reason the South has been neglected for so long.

They’re only a reflection of the past and mysteriously avoid any accountability when they’re wrong. One of their “analysts” was extremely condescending to me (not Jessica) when I tried to make my pitch for why they were wrong about my rating like he knew something about MS politics when he’s never been to the Sip. This attitude hurt Jaime Davis & others so much.

[kenbykenric @Kenbykenric]

This is like the most sane thing I’ve heard from him. Now I know for sure his bs is performative. He plays on hatred by his base but he understands the realities. Poor Tomi is upset.

[Tomi Lahren @TomiLahren]

Come again?

[Ossy FA @iamossy_]

This bro was keeping a list of annoying shit for years and he's tackling the list, one by one as a Mayor.😹😹😹

[best of kamala harris @archivekamala]

.@KamalaHarris: “Now it is about governance. We have to be clear that when we take back the gavel, when we take back the power, and thank God it was both the House and the Senate, we have to be prepared to lead. And we must lead with a certain level of ruthlessness. And by that, I do not mean cruelty, but we must be uncompromising in our commitment to actually deliver on the actual needs of the American people.”

[kenbykenric @Kenbykenric]

He is doing what everyone wanted Kamala Harris to do, separating himself from the president. It’s smart, but I don’t think it will get him elected.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.

So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."

Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.

There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.

But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.

Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:

1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel

Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)

In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.

The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.

If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.

But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.

I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

[TEZ @montezology]

Texas, Georgia and South Carolina

[Jay. @jalenrayy]

And they thought it was just a lil “book tour” of the south. She knew the play!!

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

THE NEW RECONSTRUCTION ERA
FIRST BLACK HOUSE SPEAKER
FIRST BLACK WOMAN GOVERNOR
3 BLACK WOMEN SENATORS
3 BLACK GOVERNORS CONCURRENTLY IN OFFICE
FIRST MUSLIM SENATOR
FIRST OPENLY GAY SENATOR

[kenbykenric @Kenbykenric]

House and Senate!! I am pleased! No more justices for Trump!

[The Hill @thehill]

#BREAKING: David Crowley wins Wisconsin governor’s race to succeed Tony Evers
https://t.co/n36lXsdIFQ

[grimcity @grimcity]

Louisiana really does have the best voting stickers. Brilliant work by @TerranceOsborne!

[The Hill @thehill]

#BREAKING: Democrats seize House control from Republicans
https://t.co/AeGbK3hH8P

[Janai Nelson @JNelsonLDF]

We got a two-fer on Black women governors tonight!!!

[CNN @CNN]

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will win Georgia governor's race and become the first Black female governor in US history, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://t.co/18IdoYgHSz

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Georgia’s race for governor, NBC News projects, defeating Republican Rick Jackson and flipping control of the battleground state office for the first time in 24 years. https://t.co/Udpg9F4Uwb

[kenbykenric @Kenbykenric]

So proud of her! And proud of Georgia!

[The Political HQ @ThePoliticalHQ]

🚨BREAKING🚨

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has defeated Republican Rick Jackson in the Georgia Governor Election.

This is a flip from 🔴 to 🔵.

[Christopher @c_alexander19]

This blue wave is feeling so good!!

[doody @_Doodster]

Scott Jennings is the quintessential example of what’s wrong with white people especially white men.

At no point did Val Demings raise her voice. I’m also glad she continued to talk over him bc you don’t get to hold the floor when you enter a debate with lies