BREAKING: With today's final victory in #CA21, Democrats officially close out the 2018 Midterms with an incredible 4??0?? House seats gained!
Let this be a message to every Republican: If you come for Americans' livelihoods, we WILL come for your seats. pic.twitter.com/jR1wKwVIPI
— DCCC (@dccc) November 28, 2018
It's official: Trump helped the Republican party lose an astounding 40 seats in the House https://t.co/mCSmPObhUw
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) November 28, 2018
New Democratic members of Congress on the left, new Republican members of Congress on the right. Spot the demographic trends. https://t.co/QBYRrMI1PN pic.twitter.com/DVtF1E53Zl
— laura olin (@lauraolin) November 28, 2018
Another way of looking at it: in January, House Dems will represent:
79% of all Asians
72% of all Latinos
66% of all African-Americans
66% of all Clinton voters
60% of all college grads
54% of all House seats
45% of all whites
39% of all Trump voters
20% of America's land area— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 27, 2018
Trump departs Thursday for the G-20 summit in Argentina, where the homebody commander in chief will spend just 48 hours on the ground yet pack in eight high-level meetings with foreign leaders. https://t.co/ZfjU5jQAyY
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) November 29, 2018
I’d say he was angling for an asylum deal, anywhere, but the Oval Office Occupant is too vain to admit he might be in trouble — even if he’s smart enough to understand this isn’t the kind of buy-his-way-out trouble he’s used to as a corrupt NYC real estate developer.
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