Daniel Wolfram
How did MAGA Republicans take the humiliating defeat in the nation’s capital? Not well.
Inside Butterworth’s, a bistro popular with the MAGA faithful during Donald Trump’s second term, loyalists gathered to toast what they hoped would be a solid night.
Outside on the pavement, confidence cracked early. According to Vanity Fair, a smoker watched betting odds plunge before finishing his beer. “Darline Graham just plummeted on Polymarket,” he groaned. “I hate my life right now. Everything just sucks. Jesus Christ, we’re gonna lose it all.”
Passing cars soon added to the misery. One woman leaned out of an open window to taunt the patrons. “Oh yeah, Democrats!” she yelled into the night air.
Texas dealt a huge blow to MAGA
Inside the bistro, the upbeat mood died fast. A patron waiting for drinks clutched his head in disbelief after checking the latest numbers from Texas. “Oh my God! I just got here. I need to go home,” he cried, bolting out the door.
The real blow landed when Decision Desk called Texas for Democrat James Talarico over Republican Ken Paxton. It was the first Democratic Senate win there since 1988. “If we lose Texas it’s a catastrophe,” a White House staffer had warned minutes earlier.
At the bar, an organizer erupted as Ella Langley’s country hit “Choosin’ Texas” blasted through the speakers. “I’m not trying to crash out,” he said. “But we nominated Hitler with Down syndrome. And guess what?! He lost! He lost! And now we lose a Supreme Court Justice. It is a disaster.”
MAGA needs a scapegoat
The hits just kept coming from all over the country. In South Carolina, newcomer Darline Graham lost to Democrat Annie Andrews, wiping out another key seat backed by Trump.
Trump had spent weeks telling voters to “Pretend that I’m on the ballot.” By late evening, however, he shifted blame online. “I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he posted on Truth Social.
Privately, insiders saw the outcome clearly. “We got SMOKED. BIGLY,” a source close to Trump admitted to Vanity Fair, calling the election a brutal referendum on him.
