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It was, is, and indefinitely will be the economy, stupid

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Doescher, T. L. (2026, November 6). It was, is, and indefinitely will be the economy, stupid. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4793676/economy-stupid-midterm-elections-affordability/

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Washington Examiner · collected 2026-11-06 · by Tiana Lowe Doescher

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Republicans are trying to deflect responsibility for their losses in the midterm elections by blaming various factors including Iran and candidate quality. Democrats won significant majorities, potentially reaching 260 seats in the House and up to 56 Senate seats. President Trump acknowledged some blame lay with high prices tied to his foreign policy, but VP JD Vance directly criticized Trump’s stance on foreign policy issues.
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1 of 4 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Tiana Lowe Doescher
11 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
Voters handed Democrats sweeping congressional majorities that could reach 260 in the House and up to 56 Democratic senators.
2026-11-06 · mixed framing · It was, is, and indefinitely will be the economy, stupid
But what may differentiate an ordinary blue wave from the evident indigo tsunami that voters delivered to Republicans is how uniquely President Donald Trump manufactured the dismantling of his own Senate majority.
2026-11-04 · assertive framing · Maybe don’t bully your own Senate majority out of existence
The New York Times conceded in publishing its last battleground polls that registered white Democrats were 30% likelier to respond than registered white Republicans, indicating an undersampling bias that, if systemic, could be dramatically skewing the data to disfavor GOP odds.
2026-11-03 · assertive framing · The Senate map looks better for Republicans than the polls suggest
So, I laughed out loud at the response a Freedom Caucus member gave me after asking him, eight days before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, what his plan for Social Security and its looming insolvency would be: “Ask me next Wednesday.”
2026-10-31 · assertive framing · DC’s most pressing post-midterm question: What to do about Social Security’s pending insolvency?
Democrats will gloat at Washington’s abysmal fiscal performance under Trump, but their preferred proposal — taxing the rich, obviously — will only exacerbate the problem.
2026-10-08 · assertive framing · Federal deficit surged 12% last year. Even though tax collections grew, spending exploded faster
Zachary Faria is correct that Democrats are accepting the accuser’s newly filed lawsuit far too credulously, without vetting Jane Doe’s claims, which would be galling if true.
2026-10-01 · assertive framing · All of your takes about this Cornell rape allegation are terrible
For months now, Republican Judiciary Committee members have argued that the Biden White House was communicating and collaborating with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who was prosecuting the state-level case against Trump.
2026-09-29 · assertive framing · Eric Schmitt’s shadow campaign for the vice presidency lasted six hours
This campaign was kick-started when Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old Anthropic researcher of four months, resigned from the company and publicly announced that artificial intelligence may kill us all.
2026-09-20 · mixed framing · Doomers worry AI is too powerful. Trump understands the real risk is if it’s not powerful enough.
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Maybe don’t bully your own Senate majority out of existence
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2026-11-03 · Washington Examiner
DC’s most pressing post-midterm question: What to do about Social Security’s pending insolvency?
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Topics

Democratic GOP Iran Republican White House

Subjects

Democratic NORP · 2× Iran GPE · 2× Democrats NORP · 1× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× GOP ORG · 1× House ORG · 1× JD Vance PERSON · 1× Republican NORP · 1× White House ORG · 1×

Narrative

Although the president blamed candidate quality and high prices that, he conceded, were partially downstream of his war in Iran, Vice President JD Vance preferred to politically stab his boss directly in the front on the foreign policy issue.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-09
Voters handed Democrats sweeping congressional majorities that could reach 260 in the House and up to 56 Democratic senators.
2026-11-09 · Washington Examiner
It was, is, and indefinitely will be the economy, stupid · mixed framing

Claims (4 extracted, 1 hedged)

The Republican blame game for the Democratic midterm elections romp began before election night itself was over. asserted
night → begin → romp
“Sources” in President Donald Trump’s White House texted everyone in their phone contacts that Iran was to blame for the GOP’s generational shellacking. asserted
Iran → texte → shellacking
Voters handed Democrats sweeping congressional majorities that could reach 260 in the House and up to 56 Democratic senators. uncertain
that → hand → House
Although the president blamed candidate quality and high prices that, he conceded, were partially downstream of his war in Iran, Vice President JD Vance preferred to politically stab his boss directly in the front on the foreign policy issue. asserted
Vance → blame → issue
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