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🚨 🗳️ #Historic #Midterms2026: Harry Enten breaks it down in his usual lowkey manner: 😺 "5 ways this GOP wipeout just keeps getting bigger by the day": "People are talking about a blue wave. They're talking about a blue tsunami. But I'm here to tell you that what Democrats did in the 2026 elections was even bigger and more historic than you could possibly imagine." 💙 5 ways this GOP wipeout just keeps getting bigger by the day - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=S25JKr-Y… Rough Transcript: (00:00) People are talking about a blue wave. They're  talking about a blue tsunami. But I'm here to tell you that what Democrats did in the 2026 elections was even bigger and more historic than you could possibly imagine. Why do I say that? Because get this, this Democratic win was a once in a 28-year event. (00:22) Why do I say that? Because, get this, this is the first time in the 21st century that Democrats won Senate seats in any of these states. Kansas, they hadn't won since 1932. How about Mississippi? They are currently Scott Colom currently leading in a state that Democrats haven't captured since 1982 in John Stennis. South Carolina, that's our once in 28-year event. (00:46) They haven't won there since 1998  in Fritz Hollings and of course in Texas where James Talerico became the first Democrat to win a Senate seat since 1988 and Lloyd Benson. You know what also happened in 1998? Well, I'll tell you what happened in 1998. this one in 28-year event. Get this. Seinfeld went adios amigos.  Goodbye. See you later. The gang of four decided to get off the air back in 1998. (01:14) And Google, which basically took this and made it into a nata, a landline. Google was first founded in 1998. Now, if you think this is big, and it truly is historic in terms of Democrats winning in any of those southern Senate seats, it's actually bigger than you could possibly imagine. I mean, look at this. (01:33) Actually, this Democratic win is a once-in-a-52-year event. We haven't seen anything  like it in 52 years. Why do I say that? Because, get this. Guess where the House vote currently is. You got to go all the way back to the days of Watergate. The Democrats are currently leading in the US House vote nationally by 14 points. That has not happened since 1974. Since 1974. Now, I  know what you're saying. (01:57) Some of you are like, "I wasn't alive in 1974." Well, you know what also happened in 1974. Look at this. The Godfather Part Two, your Oscar winning film that premiered back in 1974. and Henry Aaron hammering Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth as the all-time home  run leader. (02:22) Hank Aaron was up there and he swung  and hit that 700 and 15th home run in Atlanta, Georgia at Fulton County Stadium. Now, this would be amazing on its own, right? A once in 52-year  event. But I'm here to tell you it actually get  even more historic than that. Get this. This  is a Democratic win that is only happening once every 68 years. (02:48) Why do I say that? Because, get this, Democrats currently lead in enough states to flip 9 Senate seats. And that would in fact be their biggest net gain since 1958, the days of Dwight David Eisenhower, which also  was the time in which the Brooklyn Dodgers waved   adios amigos goodbye to the borough that is across the river from here here in Manhattan. And they moved out to Los Angeles, California, the city of angels. They moved out to LA. (03:18) And of course, they've been there now for what feels like forever. And it really has been forever, right? It has been forever. And that's what makes this democratic wave so historic. And how about the hula hoop? The hula hoop, which was a big part of all of our childhoods. That was only invented  back in 1958. (03:40) Now, the fact that we're talking  about the hula hoop, that's absolutely amazing, right? That's absolutely incredible. But it actually gets more historic than that. It gets more historic than that. What we're actually talking about here is a 1 in 78-year event. A 1 in 78-year event. That's what we're talking about. We are talking about something that happens only once in 78 years. (04:07) Why do I say that? Because for the first time since 1948, Democrats are likely to flip 42 House seats, at least 42 House seats, and flip the chamber at the exact same time. So, they came into the 2026 election holding no power in the House. And now, not only are they going to have power in the House, but they're going to  have a slew of power in the House. It's like they   went from having snake eye to now holding the six and rolling it down the aisle. (04:31) That's what we're talking about now. I was not alive back in 1948.  I know. I know I come across as an elderly man, but I wasn't alive back then. So, I had to look it up, back in 1948. You know what was also   happening? The Polaroid camera. The Polaroid camera premiered in 1948. Boy, that is a fun looking Polaroid camera, let me tell you. And you know what also premiered in 1948? NASCAR. (04:56) NASCAR, which is now, of course, such a cultural phenomenon that only premiered back in 1948. Now, I know what you're thinking. I know what you're  thinking. That's amazing. That's amazing. That's how far back in the record books we could go. But you know what? We can go back even further. This Democratic wave was even bigger. (05:18) I mean, this is one that really is, in my mind, number one for Democrats. Number one for Democrats, that's  what we're talking about. A nice big one as  I fold the thumb behind me. Number one. And why  do I say that? Because you know what? Actually, the last time that this has happened for Democrats  is never. It's never happened before. Never ever ever ever happened before, at least since senators were popularly elected. (05:40) Because get this, this looks to be the first time since senators were at least popularly elected in which a party won not one, not two, not three, not four, but five Senate seats that the other party had won in at least the last 10 prior presidential elections. Of course, we're talking about Alaska, where Mary Petola currently holds a lead. We're  talking about South Carolina and Annie Andrews. (06:04) We are talking about Texas and James Talerico. We are talking about Kansas and Adam Hamilton. And of course, we are talking about Mississippi and Scott Colom. And you know what? That's not the only thing that's never happened before. At least in terms of the United States Senate. This is the first time ever in the United States Senate that Democrats carried Kansas and Maine in the exact same year. It's never happened. It's never happened. It's never happened at all. (06:34) I mean, these numbers are just downright scary, scary, scary for Republicans. That's what we're talking   about here. And you know what? I can't actually put a never, a never on the screen. But of course, senators, the first big election which senators were popularly elected across the nation was 1914. And you know what also happened in 1914? That was when World War I started. (06:58) It was when World War I started. And it is when we really started seeing the implementation of the 8-hour workday which of course 9 to 5 as Dolly Pardon liked to say; this is when it actually got started with Henry Ford all the way over in the great state of Michigan. Now this would be a lot. It's a lot I tell you   this, but I am always a fan of bonus time. It's bonus time. (07:26) It's bonus time for you and me coming together. D boom. Because we've hit the House and we've hit the Senate. But you know what? We haven't gotten cool. We haven't gotten cool and down with the grooves. We haven't gotten cooling down with the grooves because you know what? We're talking Bill Clinton. We're talking playing the saxophone back in 1992 with Arsenio Hall. That's what we're talking about here. (07:50) And you know what? When it comes to governors, Democrats look likely to pick up and hold pick up or hold ergo control or leading in 30, 30 governorships. 30 governorships and that would be the most after an election since 1992. And of course, Bill Clinton was elected president for the first time. Now,   1992, there are some people currently on this  newsroom who are not alive back in 1992. (08:18) So, you know what I always like to say? I always like to say, you know what? I'm a cool cat. I'm a cool   cat. I'm going to make sure I'm going to make sure that those cool cats know what was going on back in 1992. You know what's going back on in 1992? The dream team. It takes a team to make a dream. That's what we're talking about. And of course, the US Olympics. (08:37) Look, it's Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson. And of course, Silence of the Lambs. Silence of the Lambs, of course, won the Oscar back in 1992. You know what? I think in that movie I prefer Jodie Foster to Anthony Hopkins because, you know, I'm always a fan of the good guys in the films. I'm a fan of the good guys in the films. So, the bottom line is this. (08:59) This Democratic wave was one that was truly one in which Democrats pointed to the bleachers, took their shot, hit that home run, and the Republican party,  well, they ended up being a giant turkey. All right.

🚨 👻 Unbelievably, in 2018 @cindyhydesmith said this! "GOP Senator Says Voter Suppression Is A 'Great Idea'": "There's a lot of liberal folks in those other schools who maybe we don't want to vote. Maybe we want to make it just a little more difficult. And I think that's a great idea." -- Jennifer Bendery @jbendery on Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R). huffingtonpost.com/entry/cin… 8:18 AM · Nov 16, 2018 xitter.twitterapi.xyz/jbendery/status/106342… And that's not all! 👻 Also in 2018, @cindyhydesmith made racially charged remarks at a campaign event in Tupelo, Mississippi. She said in a viral 10 second video that if the gentleman standing next to her “invited me to a public hanging I’d be on the front row.” The comments were met by laughter and applause. Later, Cindy Hyde-Smith said "just jokes". wjtv.com/news/local-news/cin… Pick Another Senator! #ScottColom

It's easier to whine with conspiracies, but if you want to know why the GOP was wiped out with data instead of copium, read The Federalist: "Inside The Targeting Game Dems Use To Win Votes — And How The GOP Can Start Playing It": thefederalist.com/2026/11/11…

☀️ Good morning Senator-elect @scott_colom! One of the kids calls you "Senator Protein"! 😸 Your good humor, great ideas, kindness and compassion lit up America. The good guys won! You and @andrewcolom can always count on me. #MSSen #PickedAnotherSenator youtube.com/live/4hsKADioqGI youtube.com/watch?v=4hsKADio…

👻 #CindyHydeSmith, just realized that after your historic loss to Senator-elect #ScottColom, you might be thinking of moving out of Mississippi because of massive humiliation. Here's a recommendation for a moving company: Red State Movers. Tell them Scott sent you! #MSSen #MSPol #MississippiMatters

🚨 🎉 💙 LIVE NOW! 10:11pm ET: Senator-elect Scott Colom speaks after winning the Senate race in Mississippi! #ScottColom #MSSen #MSPol youtube.com/live/4hsKADioqGI youtube.com/watch?v=4hsKADio…

🚨 💙 Great POLITICO interview from @jmart: "Scott Colom on Why Democrats Need to Rethink the South: Scott Colom just pulled off an almost unimaginable win in Mississippi. He has a message for his fellow Democrats." Full Q&A with Senator-elect #ScottColom: politico.com/news/magazine/2…

🎉 Congratulations, Senator Scott Colom! This choir at #ScottColom's Victory Event, is so moving. History was made, and nobody deserved it more. 💙

🚨 ⚖️ ATT'N MS VOTERS: Next election, as Senator Scott Colom might say: PICK ANOTHER GOVERNOR! @tatereeves @LynnFitchAG @MichaelWatsonMS, get jobs at @Experian. @cindyhydesmith, standing next to Reeves, said if he “invited me to a public hanging I’d be on the front row” at a campaign event in Tupelo, Mississippi. The comments were met by laughter and applause. Later, #CindyHydeSmith said "just jokes". In case you don't know this terrible Mississippi story: "Blame Experian’s Bad Data for a Slew of Provisional (Afffidavit) Ballots in Mississippi That Could Determine Outcome of Senate Election" Summary from Democracy Docket via @rickhasen's ElectionLawBlog: November 4, 2026, 4:19 pm. Wow: “It just kind of blew me away,” Lowery said. “And a few people I was in line with to get the affidavit, they felt the same way. They had all been registered to vote there. One guy next to me said he’s been voting there for 30 years.” Lowery said the last time he checked online today, his vote was still marked as unprocessed. Thousands of Mississippians like Lowery — whose votes may decide a critical U.S. Senate race, in which Democrat Scott Colom holds a slim lead over Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) — are still waiting to have their ballots counted. That’s because of the Republican secretary of state’s contract with Experian, a global credit reporting agency whose data has been described as riddled with errors, that threw thousands of voters into “inactive” status in the months leading up to the general election. In highly populated DeSoto County, over 15,000 people were removed as active voters in the time between the primary and general election, according to an analysis from Mississippi Today with data from the state. Other counties with high rates of inactive voters include Jackson with 14,063 and Harrison, where Lowery votes, with 28,921. For many of these voters showing up to the polls on Tuesday, this was a shock. …Secretary of State Michael Watson (R) acknowledged the mayhem Tuesday, but defended the inactivations as a “cornerstone of election integrity.” “We’re getting multiple calls about people not showing up as active voters, so we wanted to share a few details,” Watson wrote in a social media post. “Our office obtains data for the entire state and sends it down to the counties. The election commissioners receive the information and are charged with verifying it before updating. Thankfully, affidavit voting is used to catch any errors or those who live in the same county but forgot to update their info.”Watson concluded that the “extra few minutes” it takes a voter to vote provisionally are “well worth the election integrity added by having cleaner voter rolls.” Lowery said he waited in line for his affidavit ballot with dozens of other voters for an hour and 15 minutes. Because Lowery had a valid form of photo identification with him, that was sufficient to validate his vote. Voters without photo identification must verify their identity within five days for their affidavit ballot to count. Technology and elections experts have denounced the state’s deal with Experian as wildly irresponsible. Thessalia Merivaki, who researches elections at Washington State University, said that while states often partner with outside agencies to help keep their voter rolls up to date, this comes with significant challenges when data is not accurate — as it appears to be with Experian. “We have evidence that some of the data are not reliable because eligible voters have been erroneously inactivated and then they never received the mail alert because it was sent to the wrong address, because the data were faulty,” Merivaki told Democracy Docket. “It’s such a close election where literally every vote counts,” Merivaki added. “And my assessment is these affidavits are gonna really make or break who wins this election.”… wjtv.com/news/local-news/cin… xitter.twitterapi.xyz/radamsWAPT/status/2120… #ScottColom #MSGov #MSSen #MSPol #Experian #PickAnotherProtein #PickAnotherSenator #PickAnotherGovernor #PickAnotherAG #VoterSupression #Racism #PublicHanging