The Bloodbath in Florida Last Night

First, congratulations to Donald Trump and Chuck Schumer. They both got their preferred candidate in Ohio, Bernie Moreno. Moreno was a pretty liberal, gay rights supporting guy who was Never Trump and then embraced Trump and the MAGA cause and social conservatism. Some argued his conversion was convenient. Trump endorsed him. He won. Chuck Schumer poured some money in at the end to help Moreno because Democrats are convinced he is the weakest Republican.

We’ll see if Moreno goes the way of Herschel Walker, Blake Masters, and Dr. Oz or defies the trend of Trump endorsements in close races. Odd are in the Democrats’ favor, but perhaps Moreno will be savvy. He is going to need to listen to J.D. Vance, who also supported him strongly.

Now, the bloodbath that took place in Florida last night was the result of gross Democrat political malpractice.

The Democrats decided not to have a Democrat primary because they did not want anyone to challenge Joe Biden for the presidential nomination. The result was that a massive number of municipal races were on the ballot and no Democrats turned out. Unlike the major presidential race, these were not primary elections, but general elections for municipal candidates held at the same time as the party primaries.

With no Democrats showing up to vote for Biden, many Democrats did not realize they still needed to go vote. But Republicans did.

Across the state, Republicans slaughtered Democrat mayoral and city council strongholds at the ballot box. Democrats simply did not show up because there was no Democratic presidential primary.

It was political malpractice — something we keep seeing from Democrats. Take, also Bidenomics. The Biden team wrapped Biden in the able and never purchased the domain Bidenomics.com. So Americans for Prosperity did and are documenting how bad Biden’s economic record is with a site that uses the term Biden embraced.

Then there are the progressives in Chicago. They pushed so hard so fast that Democrat voters are moving to the right. Last night they rejected a number of progressives and progressive policies on the ballot pushed for by the communist mayor.

Republicans may excel at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, but last night the left really screwed themselves from Florida to Chicago. The only silver lining may be Moreno, but Ohio continues to trend right and it is no sure thing that Sherrod Brown wins his re-election.