Fox Newsâ Laura Ingraham is lashing out at Republican leadership after Democrats managed to hold onto the Senate seat in Georgia.
After the race was called for Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) over Herschel Walker (R), Ingraham said, âWe felt this coming. To me, it never felt like the Senate Republicans wanted this guy in office.â
âHe was a Trump pick. They didnât like that, they probably like Herschel as a person. But there wasnât the intensity on the part of the Republicans as there was on the part of the Democrats,â she continued.
Ingraham went on:
âBut we donât change anything. We have the same people in place in leadership. The same people in place, apparently at the RNC, perhaps thatâs not changing. We just keep doing the same thing over and over again. Iâm pissed tonight, frankly! Iâm mad!â
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Mollie Hemingway, the editor-in-chief of The Federalist, criticized the Republican Partyâs strategy heading into the election.
âThere arenât people who are working on early voting or banking ballots. Thereâs no clear messaging,â she said.
She also claimed Senate Republicans did ânothingâ after the midterms aside from âsabotaging their own base.â
Conservative strategist Greg Price tweeted before the race was called, âIf Herschel does lose, it will largely be because he didnât drive out turnout in rural counties which is largely an extension of Republicans failing to prioritize early voting which is still our biggest problem and needs to change.â
Yes, if Republicans want to win, they need to have a message and probably should not just rely on the day-of voting. But those alone are not going to get Republicans across the finish line.
Walker was a flawed candidate who faced allegations he paid for women to get abortions, and allegations of domestic violence â including a claim he held a gun to his ex-wifeâs head. He also claimed to be a member of law enforcement. Then there were reports about his troubled business ventures.
Meanwhile, his main attraction was his celebrity status from his football career decades ago, and the endorsement he received from his longtime friend former President Donald Trump.
By contrast, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R), no Republican squish, easily won re-election in a re-match against Stacey Abrams (D) who spent years trying to improve Democratsâ ground game in the state.
Even with the best ground game in the country, and if all the Republican heavyweights went to Georgia ahead of Tuesdayâs election, they probably still would have had a hard time getting Walker elected.