Merchandise is displayed for sale as people wait in line outside the Adler Theatre for an event with Donald Trump on March 13, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa.
After Donald Trump jammed the midterm red wave and doomed a Senate GOP takeover with his abysmal candidate picks, he predictably went on the war path to find a scapegoat. Eventually, he settled on one.
“It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t live up to expectations in the MidTerms," Trump posted on Truth Social in early January, a couple of months after the Republican face plant.
“It was the ‘abortion issue,’" Trump offered, "poorly handled by many Republicans, especially those that firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of Rape, Incest, or Life of the Mother, that lost large numbers of Voters."
Just a couple of short weeks after the GOP's midterm drubbing, Trump had announced his third bid for the White House. By January, he was actively nursing grievances that many evangelical leaders hadn't endorsed him on the spot.
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