Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump and the party control of government
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the partys sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.
A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California earlier Wednesday, gave the GOP the 218 House victories that make up the majority. Republicans earlier gained control of the Senate from Democrats.
With hard-fought yet thin majorities, Republican leaders are envisioning a mandate to upend the federal government and swiftly implement Trumps vision for the country.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/republicans-house-elections-e3754a684a7b96b129841d4b207c15e9
Lonestarblue
(12,155 posts)The safeguards that prevented Trump from destroying the government before are now gone. If we are to be saved from this man, it may have to be done by the billionaires who got him elected. If he carries out all of his policies, the economy will suffer, and the last thing billionaires will tolerate is the loss of even a few dollars of their vast wealth.
MajorPayne
(13 posts)Duck, cover, and hide under something solid.
samplegirl
(12,398 posts)Where have all the sane people gone?
Think. Again.
(20,749 posts)" ...a mandate to upend the federal government..."
MrWowWow
(431 posts)The people have chosen (or have let tramp's crime family choose for them). Let this then be the moment that we finally stand and fight the coming fascism and tyranny.
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"On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields, will bear the fruits of victory."
-General Douglas MacArthur
tonekat
(2,100 posts)And I really don't think the younger generation even care about anything except Gaza.
MrWowWow
(431 posts)Fighting is likely. Just stay somewhere safe. Never surrender.
Pas-de-Calais
(10,034 posts)kerouac2
(868 posts)Top the level of nutso with fear of attack for any disagreement and you have zero chance of sanity. It seems like it can't get much worse, but it will. Oh, it will.
And Dems will prob get even more blame since the media is under their control too. No safe haven for free press. Glitzy misinformation will rule the day
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)IronLionZion
(47,315 posts)purr-rat beauty
(616 posts)....what's good for the goose is good for the gander
Anonymous too, show yourselves....in code of course!
coffeenap
(3,225 posts)Msk found the tech to precisely target races they needed and precincts (or tabulators) they could get without being caught. After witnessing hijacks in the past, and with the wealthiest tech-connected person on Earth ridiculing the very foundations of our democracy, I stand firm on this.
This doesn't mean a huge portion of this country was not duped, is not misogynist and racist, is not selfish, and even suffering. No question. And, so many of our votes were suppressed and swindled by forty years of Roger Stone and Manafort, et al, I know.
Still, I will hold to my belief forever.
WestMichRad
(1,964 posts)that would provide a safeguard to Republicans running roughshod over us is the Senates filibuster rule.
Anyone willing to bet that the rule will survive unchanged in the next Congress? Not me!
Miguelito Loveless
(4,776 posts)We had a long run, but the country was fatally tainted from the start by rich slave-owners wanting "freedom" from tyranny. That taint led to one civil war, and now it ends the the whole "experiment".
The irony can make your eyes bleed.
SpankMe
(3,346 posts)Any Republican defector can alter the outcome of a vote. That gives moderate Repubs a lot of power.
Zeitghost
(4,557 posts)Right now it's 218-209.
SpankMe
(3,346 posts)I don't recall it taking this long in the past
Erda
(177 posts)Matt Gaetz's resignation?
Also, what happens if Stefanik and Waltz are confirmed?
Thanks.
Marthe48
(19,824 posts)and I can't wait for it to be canceled
The concept sucks
The cast sucks
The storyline will be unwatchable
Historic NY
(38,306 posts)and several other Rubs have been picked for admin jobs. Elise Stefanik, Mike Waltz,
Elections would have to be called
valleyrogue
(1,360 posts)This won't last.