‘We want our taxes spent here’: 11 Democrats weigh in after sweeping the US midterm elections
US President Donald Trump had rare praise for rival Democrats Tuesday after their stunning US midterm elections victory and admitted the Iran war may have played a part in the defeat of his Republican Party.
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- midterm elections on Wednesday, flipping key Republican-held seats in Congress.
Here, Democratic leaders and seat-flipping victors from Tuesday’s “blue tsunami” offer their post-election comments.
But the 80-year-old refused to take any personal responsibility for the result.
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