A COMPLETE Disaster…

Republicans got swept in the 2026 midterms. Here are the three things working against the right, and why spending, not candidates, decided this election.

Democrats took the House and the Senate on November 3rd. The common read is bad candidates, bad messaging, bad timing. I don’t think that’s the full story. This is a democratic vote, the electorate is changing, and the right has almost no cultural footprint. On top of that, Republicans held every lever for two years, had budget reconciliation sitting right there, and still didn’t touch spending. Voters felt it at the grocery store.

In this video:
– Why majority rule is a popularity contest, not a policy debate
– What demographic change and new voters actually mean for the right
– Why owning no culture means losing the narrative before an election starts
– Budget reconciliation: the 51-vote tool that bypasses the filibuster
– Inflation, the 40 trillion dollar debt, and why both parties are to blame
– COVID spending, the Iran war, and what voters actually saw
– Why politics is a lagging indicator, and what to build instead

My budget reconciliation video: https://youtu.be/OGGmsZWzVqY

Chapters
00:00 Democrats sweep the 2026 midterms
01:27 #1: It’s a democratic vote
03:04 #2: Demographic change
04:27 #3: No cultural footprint
05:20 The economy decided this election
06:29 Budget reconciliation, the tool they never used
09:18 Inflation and the national debt
10:31 COVID spending and bipartisan inflation
11:07 The Iran war and what voters saw
12:22 Democrats control the narrative
13:09 The pushback: so don’t vote?
13:23 Politics is a lagging indicator
14:24 The way out: build your own industries

Sources: NBC News exit poll (election-night release), Pew Research Center, CBO, U.S. Treasury, BLS, SBA Office of Inspector General.

Rippaverse: https://rippaverse.com

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