It hasn’t been a pretty past decade for Democrats.
Under Barack Obama’s presidency, Democrat US Senate seats fell from 55 to 46, while their share in the House of Representatives plummeted from 256 seats to 194.
Things were much worse at the State and local level. Democrat governorships became a rarity, falling from 28 to 16. In total, democrats suffered a a net loss of 1,042 state and federal Democratic posts, “including congressional and state legislative seats, governorships and the presidency.”
And now that Donald Trump is in office, they’re desperate to score a special election victory to serve as “evidence” that the resistance against Trump is strong, or something. According to the Observer, of all 23 Senate special elections since 1990, Democrats won 12 and Republicans won 11, so there’s a pretty even split. Despite the coin-toss odds, Democrats have lost all four special elections since the nomination of President Donald Trump, all of which were in blue states.
And prepare to add another loss to the list.
Democratic congressional candidate Jon Ossoff struggled through a brutal four minutes in Georgia’s special election debate Tuesday night after Republican Karen Handel called him out for not living in the district he is hoping to represent.
As part of the debate format, the candidates were given the opportunity to ask each other questions. Handel turned to Ossoff and asked him a question he couldn’t answer: who he was going to vote for in the special election. As someone who lives outside the district, Ossoff is unable to cast a vote for himself. It went downhill from there for Ossoff.
This race has been the most expensive in Congressional history, with $30 million spent. Ossoff personally has raised $8 million, most of it online from “Democrats around the country eager to show their opposition to Trump,” according to NPR.
It ain’t over until its over, but given his performance at this debate, those donors may soon have some regrets.
H/T The Daily Caller
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