Tucker Carlson Attempts to Alert GOP, Says Democrats Currently Have Strong Chance of Holding Congress in November – Opinion

Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ host, is trying to inform Republican congressional leaders, and the GOP base, that Democrats have an excellent chance of winning the Congress in November.

Carlson stated:

“Unpopular presidents drag their parties to the bottom in midterm elections. That’s the unchanging rule of politics. This was evident in 1994 when Republicans took over Congress, following the two disastrous Bill Clinton years. After Hurricane Katrina in 2006, you saw it. It was there in 2010, after ObamaCare. You saw it in 2018.”

He continued, noting that despite Biden’s unpopularity, the Democrats are on track to hold the majority in Congress as of now.

“So, there’s no question based on precedent that that’s about to happen once again in 2022, in November. That’s what everybody assumes and in fact, it may well happen. We’re certainly praying for it, but as of tonight, we have to be honest with you, the numbers don’t show that happening. Not even close. In fact, all the indications we have right now suggest that despite Joe Biden’s well-earned unpopularity, the Democratic Party still, again, as of tonight, has a strong chance of holding Congress in November.”

Tucker: The numbers don’t show that happening pic.twitter.com/aJOVCoMueF

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Carlson pointed out that Senator Raphael Warnock, R-GA has raised more money via donations than all seven Republican senator candidates. He stated:

“For example, last quarter, Raphael Warnock, that would be the thoroughly mediocre Democratic senator from Georgia, the guy who was caught on video appearing to commit spousal abuse (Remember that?) This guy had raised $12 million online. Herschel, the opponent everyone admires, has raised just half as much. Raphael Warnock, so far, has raised an amazing amount of money. He’s hauled in more dollars online than seven Republican senatorial candidates combined: Candidates in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin and Georgia combined.”

Tucker: Rafael Warnock is a more successful online senate candidate than any seven Republican candidates pic.twitter.com/XQHL2np2Xb

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In an opinion piece on Fox News, Carlson mentioned Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s comments about the House having a greater likelihood of flipping than the Senate.

McConnell said:

“There’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. The Senate races are very different. They’re statewide. Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.”

This was, as I previously reported, not the first time McConnell or other GOP Senators had resisted the idea of flipping the Senate.

Carlson’s response to McConnell:

“So, there’s the head Republican in the Senate conceding three months out that Republicans are probably not going to retake the Senate. Is that why? You can find the reason in the last line that you heard. Some candidates are just average. That’s Mitch McConnell’s excuse and there’s some truth in that. Some of the members are not great, but they’re still better than others. They are mediocre in Congress. Well, let’s see. Dianne Feinstein hasn’t spoken a coherent sentence in years, hasn’t had trouble getting reelected. Eric Swalwell had sexual relations with a Chinese spy. He’s still there. So, even though mediocre people can get elected, there are still a lot of them who do it every cycle. So, what McConnell’s analysis really is, of course, is buck-passing. Don’t blame me. I didn’t choose these people. All right, but they’re still the nominees.”

McConnell didn’t publicly name any of the candidates that he mentioned, but they are most likely Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania and Blake Masters in Arizona.

Tucker Carlson’s assessment is correct. No one should assume that the GOP is going to win the majority. Yes, it will be an uphill battle for the majority of GOP Senate races; but if the GOP base comes out in droves and unites behind the Republican candidates to stop the Biden administration’s far-left agenda, they will be in good shape to win. Even if some GOP voters do not vote in November, it gives the Democrats the Senate majority and eliminates the need for them to continue negotiations on legislation.

Despite the economy’s turmoil, the GOP messaging needs to be more convincing to win over undecided and Independent voters.