Donald Trump Jr rants about ‘brainless’ election winners after two days of humiliated midterm silence
Former president’s eldest son had confidently predicted a ‘bloodbath’ at the polls which never materialised
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump Jr has finally returned to social media and ranted about “brainless” election winners after two days of humiliating midterm silence.
The former president’s eldest son had predicted a “bloodbath” for Democrats on election day earlier this week, as well as wishing his followers “Happy Red Wave Day” on Instagram and even added “LFG!!!”
Mr Trump posted “bloodbath” after the first round of polls closed on the east coast on Tuesday evening and had not been heard from until he posted a meme on Instagram on Thursday involving John Fetterman and Joe Biden.
“That we think these people should be making decisions for people while being clearly far less competent then them is amazing. Imagine what other countries think of us as we elect brainless people to major offices?” he wrote in a caption. “Dear fact checkers this is a parody. This did not actually get said and this is not actually a real communication… it is a meme, though based on these two candidates it could very conceivably happen and worse from what I have seen.”
The red wave he had hoped for never materialised with Democrats performing far better than expected, and while the GOP may take control of the House with a tiny majority control of the Senate is still too close to call.
The GOP is facing some of the worst results in decades by a party not in control of the White House in the first midterm elections of a presidential term.
And a string of pro-Trump candidates who backed the former president’s lies about his 2020 defeat to Joe Biden were defeated at the polls, including Doug Mastriano and Dr Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania.
Newly elected JD Vance condemns critics writing Trump’s ‘political obituary’ as he backs 2024 run
Ex-House speaker Paul Ryan blames ‘Trump hangover’ for GOP’s ‘red wave’ midterms failure
Midterm elections – live: Democrats’ Senate hopes build via Arizona and Nevada as GOP turns on Trump
Trump calls himself a ‘stable genius’ and denies claim he blamed Melania for midterms
Trump told to delay 2024 announcement after GOP midterm struggles
Meanwhile, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is still struggling to win her race in Colorado, as is gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake in Arizona.
The results for the Republicans have been so lacklustre that the former president, who is almost certainly going to run again in 2024, has been urged to push back his announcement.
Mr Trump endorsed more than 330 candidates in the midterms, many of which lacked experience and were heavily flawed. While Mr Trump celebrated their GOP primary wins, their radical stances on abortion and supporting Mr Trump’s lies about the 2020 election were not in sync with the wider electorate.
Bloodbath!!!
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 9, 2022
Some big Senate wins for Mr Trump included JD Vance in Ohio and Ted Budd in North Carolina.
Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments