Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) applied some questionable logic on CNN Wednesday to explain Republican setbacks in this week’s elections. (Watch the video below.)Democratic highlights included gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey, the redistricting go-ahead in California to favor Democrats, and downballot gains. Not to mention the triumph of a Donald Trump-defying Muslim democratic socialist mayor whose platform emphasized affordability in New York City.“It’s hard to see anything last night that was an endorsement of what the Republican Party is doing right now,” host Jake Tapper told McClain on “The Lead.”“Yeah, well, let me give you the other side of that story, is voter turnout from Republicans was not high. Not high at all,” replied McClain, the House Republican Conference chair. “But I think part of that reason is because Republicans, for the most part, are happy with what’s happening. The border’s closed, crime is down, inflation under Biden used to be 9%. It’s now down to 3%.” That’s actually where it was when Trump took office in January.“Interest rates are down, mortgages down…” she continued.Tapper appeared ready to push back.“I shop at the same grocery stores everybody else does,” McClain added.“So you see prices are up!” Tapper interjected.“Is there more work that needs to be done?” McClain continued. “Absolutely, there is. ... So, I think there’s two sides of the coin that you have to take a look at. What is incumbent on us is we must make sure that we get our voters to turn out like they did in the election year. No question.”“I mean, using that argument, your voters could be so happy that the Democrats take control of the House of Representatives next year,” he joked.“Right,” McClain responded, perhaps not fully hearing Tapper’s jab. “And I’m very confident that we will not only hold the majority, but I am optimistic that we will actually gain the majority.”Trump has blamed the government shutdown and the notion that he wasn’t on the ballot for the GOP setbacks in Tuesday’s elections.Close