The Republicans have a problem.
Since 2016, they have not managed to convincingly win an election without Donald Trump on the ballot.
Remember the red wave of 2022?
This is a trick question because the red wave never happened.
Republicans announced to the country that a red wave was coming in the midterm elections, the halfway point of the Biden presidency.
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There was no red wave. Republicans won a majority in the House after Gov. Ron DeSantis gerrymandered Florida, and Democrats lost several House seats because they were mired in a civil war over redistricting in New York.
Republicans won a majority in the House in 2022, which was better than the 41 seats Trump lost in the 2018 midterms. Republicans flipped Virginia in 2021, but there was no red wave as Democrats won elsewhere.
Republicans’ inability to succeed without Trump on the ballot has reached a new low in 2025.
Republicans have been routed in elections in red states, blue states, and everything in between. A clear message has been sent to Trump and his party, but Republicans are choosing to ignore it.
After Donald Trump decided to spend his morning getting angry and yelling at Senate Republicans to end the filibuster and suppress voting in the upcoming election, President Mike Johnson thought he could rally Republican voters by trying to scare them.
The problem is that Johnson’s message makes the case for electing Democrats.
Read and watch Johnson’s helpful message for Democrats below.