Joe If Republicans want to keep defending Trump, they'll lose elections

Former President Trump's supporters who publicly supported his false claims that he had won the 2020 presidential election have lost in races for Congress or state offices. Their denial of Joe Biden's victory may have contributed to their own defeat. The results suggest that Democrats' strategy of portraying Republicans as threats to democracy has paid off. The GOP's political trouble has been unfolding slowly but unmistakably, starting even before Trump's loss to Joe Biden in 2020. The GOP has been on an epic losing streak since then, with Democrats having a net gain of 40 seats to take over the House in 2018, Trump losing the presidency, and Republicans losing control of the U.S. Senate. Republicans' weaker-than-expected showing in the midterms spurred some conservatives to lash out at former President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, many GOP candidates sought Trump's endorsement in the midterms, and polls consistently showed him as the clear favorite to win the Republican nomination for president in 2024. After the red wave failed to materialize, Trump initially claimed that the candidates he backed had performed well. However, Trump's critics renewed their push to steer their party away from the former president, warning that he could hurt Republicans' chances of winning the Senate runoff in Georgia next month if he announces plans for another White House bid on Tuesday.

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(By Mehwish)