Republicans on brink of clinching US House control after taking Senate

The Democratic Party's collapse is complete.

It's a Trifecta for Republicans.

20 years ago in 2004, Republicans held on to the Presidency,

They also maintained control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, which they had won in 2002.

For four years, Republican control of the U.S. Government went unchecked.

This resulted in a global banking crisis in 2008, which nearly led to the complete collapse of the global economic system, thanks to Republicans.

This time, they hold the Presidency, the House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court.

Which means that they have complete control over all three branches of the United States Government.

They will have free reign to do whatever they want, whenever they want.

And now it's also time for them to pay up to their constituents.

Which means big banks, big corporations, the 1%'ers, and the religious right will all be demanding payback.

This is the end, folks.

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[quote] They will have free reign

While "reign" makes intellectual sense in this context, nevertheless the expression is "free rein," the metaphor being from horsemanship.

Forgive Americans, Lord.

They know not what they did.

Didn’t Reps control both houses land only lose it after the 2018 elections? Am I misremembering?

That's why referencing the 2018 election isn't as significant as referencing the 2002 and 2004 elections, R5.

20 years ago, Republicans controlled everything, and for a prolonged period of time.

Which is what we have now.

This is when they can do the most damage.

Was there widespread voting fraud?

This is what the people chose.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared President-elect Donald Trump the winner in Arizona on Saturday night after vote updates in Maricopa and other counties added to his overall lead, putting the state out of reach for Vice President Kamala Harris.

At the time the AP called the race at 9:21 p.m. ET, Trump led Harris, 52.6% to 46.4%, a margin of about 185,000 votes. Harris needed to win about seven out of every ten votes of the roughly 443,000 uncounted ballots remaining, a percentage that has steadily grown as additional votes were counted.

Trump has now swept all seven of the hotly contested presidential battlegrounds, winning 312 electoral votes, compared to 226 for Harris. The number needed to clinch the presidency is 270.

In 2020, President Joe Biden carried the state narrowly over Trump, but he won Maricopa County by a margin of 50 percentage points to 48. On Saturday, Trump was leading Harris 52 to 47.

The AP only declares a winner once it can determine that a trailing candidate can’t close the gap and overtake the vote leader.

Let the dismantling of the United States government begin....

We don't know how long they'll have an undivided government, r6.

They could lose it in 2026.

2006 was when Nancy got the gavel the first time.

I’m sure they’ll try to pass every voter suppression law possible before 2026.

[quote] Republicans look likely to win House, as Speaker Mike Johnson starts to outline plans

Republicans are inching closer to reclaiming control of the U.S. House of Representatives, but with 19 races still uncalled as of Sunday night, House Speaker Mike Johnson can’t celebrate yet.

So far Republicans have won 213 races, compared to 203 for Democrats, according to calls made by The Associated Press. It takes 218 seats to win a majority in the House. Of the 19 races that are still too close to call, Republicans were ahead in 10 and Democrats in 9.

The state with the most outstanding races is California with 10, while there are two uncalled races in Arizona. Another seven states have races outstanding, including Alaska’s single House seat, and one each in Oregon, Colorado, Washington, Louisiana, Iowa and Ohio.

The three Utah Republican incumbent representatives — Blake Moore, Celeste Maloy and Burgess Owens — easily won their reelection bids last week, while new Rep.-elect Mike Kennedy, also a Republican, won Utah’s 3rd District, which was vacant after Rep. John Curtis ran for and won Sen. Mitt Romney’s Senate seat.

With Republicans likely to retake control of the House, all eyes are now on whether the unruly House Republican conference will unify behind Speaker Johnson, or if there are factions within the conference who will challenge his leadership.

Johnson won reelection to his own Louisiana seat with 86% of the vote. Ahead of the 2024 election, the Republican speaker crisscrossed the country raising hundreds of millions of dollars for Republican candidates and campaigning in swing districts.

Ahead of the election, Johnson was bullish on Republican’s chances to win a trifecta, and promised if they did, they would take advantage.

“When we take control again and we have unified government — when we have the White House, the Senate and the House — we’re going to have the most aggressive first 100 days agenda that, Congress, you’ve ever seen,” he told NPR a few days before the Nov. 5 election.

In a post on X, Johnson said House Republicans would focus on the border, energy, the economy and ending “the radical woke agenda.” With many provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — passed during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term — expiring next year, negotiations over future tax cuts are also likely to take center stage.

If Republicans do retake the House, Johnson could face a challenge to his gavel. Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., tried to oust Johnson in May, but her motion failed. There are already rumblings that Johnson could face another challenge in the coming weeks.

I said on here that it was going to be a Trump blowout and everyone said I was crazy. Americans are both stupid and sick to death of the language/PC police of the Left.

It's official.

[quote] If Republicans do retake the House, Johnson could face a challenge to his gavel. Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., tried to oust Johnson in May, but her motion failed. There are already rumblings that Johnson could face another challenge in the coming weeks.

There was a lot of attention on who was Speaker because it was the highest ranking Republican. Now with Trump in the White House setting the agenda, it will be seen just as someone keeping Trump’s legislation moving, so not as important who it is.

This is going to happen no matter what.

Republicans are leading in 10 House races right now.

It's inevitable.

What's this talk about another election in two years?

Seriously, I'm not at all sure one will happen.