Democrats picked up several key wins in Tuesday’s elections, prompting President Donald Trump to offer an all-caps excuse on his Truth Social platform.
“‘TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT, AND SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT,’ according to Pollsters,” he wrote after Democrats won governorships in New Jersey and Virginia, added seats to the Virginia’s House of Delegates and successfully passed Proposition 50 in California, a direct response to Trump’s efforts to gerrymander more Republican House seats.
And in New York City, Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani defeated Trump’s candidate of choice, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a decisive race for mayor of New York City.
Meanwhile, Trump has made clear he has no desire to negotiate with Democrats to end the ongoing government shutdown, which is now the longest such closure in U.S. history.
In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” broadcast on Sunday, Trump predicted Democrats will eventually capitulate to Republicans and vote to reopen the government.
