Blue Waves Signal Ultimate Humiliation for Trump as Midterms Loom
April 8, 2026
The Daily Beast
AI Analysis: Appeal to Fear
KENT NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump may have the world’s attention trained on his war in the Middle East but his party is quietly hemorrhaging support at home ahead of November’s crucial midterm elections. Democratic and liberal candidates either won or performed massively better than expected in state and local elections across Wisconsin, Georgia, Missouri, and Oklahoma on Tuesday night as the president trumpeted a ceasefire in his deeply unpopular conflict with Iran that, by the small hours of Wednesday morning, had already shown signs of falling apart.
Liberal Justice Chris Taylor, backed by the Democratic Party, won the Wisconsin Supreme Court race over Maria Lazar, backed by the GOP, with NBC News’ decision desk calling the race based on Taylor’s “insurmountable” lead.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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