Posted on 11/08/2017 4:20:00 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
....“I don’t know how you get around that this wasn’t a referendum on the administration, I just don’t," Taylor told reporters at Gillespie's election night party. "Some of the very divisive rhetoric really prompted and helped usher in a really high Democratic turnout...
"I’m telling you that from someone who is from Virginia, who watched these races, who watched people lose tonight against opponents who are completely no name.”
....Taylor admitted that Trump could threaten the GOP's House majority.
When asked whether Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) would retain his speakership if Trump doesn't moderate, Taylor said it was an "interesting question."
"I think it will handicap the ability for that to happen," he said.
In Taylor's mind, the big lesson is that candidates should define themselves as separate from the president if necessary.
Someone educate me about Scott Taylor. Is he a RINO?
assh8ole republican uniparty members
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
A. Einstein.
Hey Scott Ed was McConnells choice and didn’t run as a Trump supporter.
State house goes from 66 Republicans to 52 on Dem turnout. That’s not about local issues, that’s about a motivated Dem base (and a less motivated Republican one).
This is going to be the story up until the 2018 elections. The swamp creatures will attempt to use these losses as a way to get Trump “back in line...or else!”. They want to pin everything on him so badly, but they have brought it on themselves.
It’s a referendum on Virginians are idiots and deserve what they get, e.g. McAuliffe.
Losses in two Hellary voting states...
An amnesty RINO losing to a Communist is a referendum on Trump? What world do these people live in?
It’s not surprising that Gillespie lost. Clinton won this state as well, but the huge swing in the legislature is very noticeable. That’s a gerrymandered body where such huge swings ought not to be possible, at least not without a huge surge in turnout for one side only.
The GOPe would rather sink the ship than support #MAGA
bkmk
Last year, Scott Taylor was touted as the anti-RINO candidate who defeated a pro-TPP GOP eight-term incumbent, Randy Forbes. But ever since being in office, he’s been quite virulently anti-Trump, accusing him of a “failure of leadership” over Charlottesville. He also endorsed the Equality Act for homosexual “rights” back in May.
Nope, not a referendum on Trump, rather the EXPECTED results from a Blue State.
Scott Taylor is prescribing hemlock as the new GOPe strategy. How insightful he is!
So now Ed Gillespie will be hard to work on his new book: “What Happened - @MeToo”. Look for the never-ending tour to start in a few months.
I think you are wrong. Corey Stewart wins the next Senate election.
Virginia didn’t vote for Trump. It went to Hillary. Not convinced this is a referendum on Trump, more like one against progressive republicans.
Yep. That swamp will never be drained.
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