When President Trump won the White House in 2016, he did it by hijacking the Republican Party. Now, after what happened in the midterm elections, it’s clearer than ever that the president’s fortunes and his party’s future are at odds.
During the final weeks of the fall campaign, Trump put the Republican Party on his back, assuring that the elections would become even more of a referendum on his performance than the typical midterm in a president’s first term. As a result, Republicans paid a hefty price, with potentially longer-term implications. CONT.
Dan Balz, Washington Post