Biden Jokes About the Predicted ‘Red Wave’ at Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon

President Joe Biden is poking fun at the projected “red wave” in the 2022 midterm elections that did not really materialize. Speaking at the White House on Monday during the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon, Biden…

Bradley CortrightNov 21, 20222 min read

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His joke comes after Democrats beat expectations in the 2022 midterm elections.

FiveThirtyEight projected Republicans were “slightly favored” to win control of the Senate. They needed to hold all of their current seats and flip just one Democratic-held seat to win the upper chamber.

However, Democrats picked up a seat in Pennsylvania and Republicans have so far failed to flip any Democratic seats.

The race for Georgia’s Senate seat is

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He continued, “While any seat lost is painful — some good Democrats didn’t win last night — Democrats had a strong night. And we lost fewer seats in the House of Representatives than any Democratic President’s first midterm election in the last 40 years.”

Biden also noted there were some predictions Republicans could pick up as many as 50 House seats, but he added, “That’s not going to happen.”