GOP senator says Republicans can 'forget 2028' as party looks to reclaim Upper Chamber
Va., said the GOP can "forget" about taking back the Senate majority in 2028 after Democrats' blue wave secured the majority in both chambers of Congress following last week's midterm elections.
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- GOP EYES SENATE COMEBACK AFTER DEMOCRATIC BLOODBATH, BUT ANOTHER POLITICAL NIGHTMARE COULD AWAIT Justice joined President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and other Republicans in partially attributing the party's midterm losses to the war in Iran, which led to surging fuel prices.
- "But I think it’s important that we take the lessons from that and internalize the message the American people were sending to us." FOX NEWS VOTER POLL: HOW DEMOCRATS TOOK CONTROL OF THE SENATE Sen.
- Gas prices are nearly 90 cents per gallon higher than a year ago, according to AAA, which listed the national average at about $3.94 per gallon on Wednesday, compared with $3.07 a year earlier.
Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, who was chosen to chair the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republicans' Senate campaign arm for the 2028 cycle, said the GOP must learn from their disastrous showing in the midterms.
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- Eight Republican-held Senate seats were flipped, bringing the Democratic caucus to 55 seats after Democrat Scott Colom was projected on Wednesday to win Mississippi’s Senate race.
- In 2006, Democrats gained 31 House seats and six Senate seats to retake both chambers of Congress under then-President George W.
- "I was in the retail automobile business, so when you don’t listen to your customers, your customers punish you.
- But this is such a colossal blow that it is beyond belief how colossal this is to America," he continued.
- Two years later, Democrats further added to their majorities and elected former President Barack Obama.
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