'It wasn't my fault that the Republicans didn't live up to expectations in the MidTerms,' the former president said in a Truth Social post.
in June, a strategy some predicted may be a risk as polls suggested the economy and rising inflation levels were the main concern for voters ahead of the midterm elections.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds on April 23, 2022 in Delaware, Ohio. Trump has blamed the Republican Party's disappointing midterm performances on the"abortion issue" rather than the failure of his endorsed candidates.didn't live up to expectations in the MidTerms. I was 233-20!," Trump wrote, referencing the success rate of his midterm endorsements, which included incumbents already heavily favored to win.
"It was the 'abortion issue,' poorly handled by many Republicans, especially those that firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of Rape, Incest, or Life of the Mother, that lost large numbers of Voters. Also, the people that pushed so hard, for decades, against abortion, got their wish from the U.S. Supreme Court, & just plain disappeared, not to be seen again.
Trump failed to note in his January 1 Truth Social post that the Supreme Court only voted to overturnThree of the five conservative judges who voted to overturn the landmark abortion decision—Justices
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