President Trump’s 2024 Texas victory is at the center of The Gateway Pundit’s questions about a reported Democratic sweep in the 2026 midterms. The article describes major Democratic gains across Republican territory, including Senate victories in South Carolina, Iowa, Ohio, Kansas and Texas, with Mississippi described as likely. That is quite a political reversal. But the important distinction here is between reported results, questions about those results and allegations that somebody cheated. Those are not interchangeable, no matter how loudly a social media post announces its conclusion. The outlet focuses heavily on Texas Democrat James Talarico’s reported victory over Republican Ken Paxton. According to the article, Talarico received more than half a million more votes than Kamala Harris did in Texas in 2024 and exceeded the vote totals of every Democratic Texas candidate since 2016, including three presidential campaigns. The comparison driving the outrage is straightforward: President Trump won Texas by 14 percentage points in 2024, while the article says Talarico won by 12 points two years later. That would represent a 26-point reversal between those contests. Republican voters looking at that comparison have every reason to want a detailed explanation, not a dismissive wave from the political class. https://twitter.com/klmunoz54/status/2117995574473658776?a=BpWKGnE_Yro-HcDAeoo&s=20…

Wayne Allyn Root is not handing out participation trophies after the GOP’s landslide defeat. In the first installment of a five-part examination, Root argues that Republicans both deserved the loss and were cheated. That is an uncomfortable diagnosis, which is precisely why it is more useful than the usual election-night ritual of blaming weather, messaging, or some mysterious force that always appears after the votes are counted.Root says Part 1 focuses on the GOP’s mistakes. The planned installments will examine weak Republican television ads, voter concerns over “affordability,” alleged Democratic election tactics involving open borders and mail-in ballots, and what he describes as a possible pyrrhic Democratic victory. Root says Democrats may have won decisively while gaining little governing power, and he argues that the result could eventually benefit Republicans in 2028.His opening message is blunt. “We failed,” Root writes, arguing that the GOP’s defeat was earned and deserved. He then offers the other half of his argument: “We was robbed.” Root alleges that Democrats used a deliberate strategy involving immigration, welfare programs, mail ballots, and limited election safeguards. Those are serious claims, and Root presents them as the central argument he plans to develop in the later parts of…