By Douglas V. Gibbs
When I sat down to write this article, I was going to analyze the 2026 mid-term elections race by race, and concern by concern. I was going to go through the various things I thought may have created the “blue wave” that happened. Chastise Bret Baier of FOX News for repeatedly asking President Trump if he was going to accept the election results. Hammer the media over their continuous false reporting that we have a “democracy,” when it is a constitutional republic. And when I see seats flipping that have been in the GOP hands for nearly 100 years, and in South Carolina a Republican governor winning by four and a half points, but in that same state a Democrat taking a Senate seat also by four and a half points, my own personal red flags went up. I definitely have my doubts about a lot of what happened on election day. Something doesn’t smell right. But, as I went over all of the information, I simply came to the conclusion that regardless of what was behind it, I don’t believe the results of the 2026 mid-term elections are necessarily as apocalyptic as some folks seem to think. In fact, they might be a blessing in disguise.
I know what the Democrats say, and what they threaten. “Lawyer up,” they have said. The investigations are coming, and they won’t stop attacking for the remainder of Trump’s presidency. They are like a bully in the school yard shouting threats and poking us in the chest. They want a reaction. They want us to grab our hair and start pulling it out by the roots.
Their ability to play with language and deceive a great number of people only works for a season. The Democrats will view this election as being a mandate for their madness, and they will triple-down. They will push the limit. They will let the most extreme segments of their party do the driving. And, it will backfire. Since they think they are being rewarded for their bad behavior, they will increase that behavior – and by 2028 the voters will be so repulsed by their antics, the elections will swing right back in a direction away from communist madness. Or, at least that is what I am figuring will be the case.
Liberty is on our side. We are the good guys. And good guys don’t panic. We don’t give up. We didn’t give up during the reign of Clinton, we didn’t give up during the reign of Obama, and we didn’t give up during the… whatever that was… during Biden. That is not who we are.
I remember before Donald Trump came along and people kept telling me, “We need another Reagan.” My response was, “No we don’t. We need whoever is the next big winner for conservatism and the Constitution.” And, it turned out to be Trump.
And we will gather the troops, strategize, and we will return to the winner’s circle.
Besides, if you know Trump, a Democratic majority in Congress is not going to slow him down. It will make him more determined. He thrives when the pressure is at its greatest. This is his wheelhouse. This is when he shines.
And it should be when we shine.
It’s like a sports team, when they hit stumbling blocks. What does the coach say? Time to get back to the fundamentals. Pitching. Catching. Throwing. Get back to the groundwork that got us to the big leagues in the first place, put those basics into action, and get back on the winning side of things. That’s all.
Do we really believe that evil will prevail? That millions and millions of Americans have thrown up their hands and said, “Screw it. Bring on the communism.” Of course not. This isn’t a mandate for anything. I don’t know if it happened because of shenanigans, low voter turnout on the GOP side, people believing the garbage put out by the left, or if it really was the war in Iran as J.D. Vance claimed (of which I totally disagree with him on that one), but I do know that we will come out on the other side of things. Like on the Sea of Galilee, we were never promised a smooth ride – we were promised we’d get to the other side. They will do what they do, and just like when Biden was president, and they will reveal how much of failures they are and people will correct the ship.
There will be difficult moments. They will try to impeach the president. They will do their investigations and commit their lawfare in every direction they can, and in the end they will look like fools. They will be exactly what we know them to be. Liars, failures, and communists who have no ideas for building anything. All they know how to do is destroy.
That is why we must continue to fight for America, and defend liberty against the hard-left crazies. On the surface they look like they have the numbers. They look like they have the momentum. But they will implode… again – just like they always do. Their policies fail, and there are more of us than we realize willing to stand up for this country.
I believe in liberty. I believe in the Constitution. Evil always loses in the end. They may win a battle here and there, but in the end, their idiocy always loses.
We are on the winning side. We are on the right side of history. We are the good guys. And the good guys always, eventually, prevail. Smile, and don’t panic.
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