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We Won and We Need to Act Like It
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall
There will be plenty of time to get into specifics about what Trump should do to get ready for Inauguration Day, but the most important thing to do right now is to get into the right mindset. We have power again, and we must use it effectively to do the things we were elected to do. We must ignore the regime media, which assisted in this by making itself ridiculous during this campaign. We must enjoy the cries of the Democrats, who assisted in this by making themselves ridiculous. And we must ignore the cries of the soft Republicans.
A Dozen Thoughts on a Historic Election
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Donald Trump’s second administration is not going to be full of John Kellys and Jeff Sessionses. It won’t be a collection of Washington, D.C., insiders trying to “tame” or redirect him. Trump now has a mandate and a challenge from the American public — slay the swamp monster or it will slay him. And the people he’s surrounding himself with — Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Vivek Ramaswamy, Tulsi Gabbard — are committed reformers who can’t afford to fail in the effort to drain the swamp. The next six months will be fascinating.
Referenda: Noncitizen Voting Prohibitions Go 8-for-8 in Emphatic Approvals
The Center Square (Shirleen Guerra), The Star News Network
Voters across multiple states cast ballots on who should be allowed to join them in referenda directed at voting rights, including the issue of noncitizen voting. There’s national divide. Tuesday’s ballot measures were no different, reflecting a battleground that could potentially shape policy in future elections. Every ballot measure to prohibit noncitizens voting was approved – in Iowa (76%), Idaho (65%), Kentucky (62%), Missouri (68%), North Carolina (77.6%), Oklahoma (81%), South Carolina (86%) and Wisconsin (70%).
Harris Was Always Doomed
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
The late July forced abdication of Biden lent an air of illegitimacy, as well as truncating the time available to campaign. Finally, Harris’s first major decision was to nominate as the buffoonish and inept Tim Walz for VP. His radicalism, serial lying, and herky-jerky “weirdness” proved a force multiplier of her own mediocrity. In contrast, the calm, empathetic, and astute J.D. Vance eviscerated Walz in their sole debate and did the same to the media. Add it all up—and Harris and her star-crossed candidacy were simply and rightly doomed.
Winners and losers around the world brace for Trump’s return to power
Ben Wolfgang, The Washington Times
Understanding the full scope of the international fallout from Mr. Trump’s defeat of Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris will take months and perhaps years, but winners and losers are already apparent. With his stunning political comeback, Mr. Trump believes the American people have given him a mandate to fulfill hard-line promises on immigration, trade, tariffs, foreign policy and U.S. military commitments abroad. Ukraine and Russia signaled Wednesday that they were waiting to see how and when Mr. Trump follows through on his pledge.
Overcoming nerves and fatigue, MAGA movement celebrates Trump win
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Trump spoke for just a few minutes. No marathon speech like some of his rallies. And to save time, the campaign trimmed the planned program. Now, of course, Trump will begin the work not only of planning his second administration but of defending himself against the continued, and heightened, attacks that are sure to come from Democrats shocked by their loss and determined to drive him from office. It will be very, very hard. But Trump has already accomplished something so rare and astonishing that it almost defies belief.
Donald Trump Wins!
Melissa Mackenzie, The American Spectator
Woo hoo! Donald Trump won and is the 47th president-to-be! Winning is better than losing. There will be lots of deconstruction of this election. There are a lot more questions that need to be answered as the data gets crunched. With the vote-getting stats, where did millions of voters go between 2020 and 2024? Who stayed home? How can any of this be explained? Hopefully, Americans will get lots of answers. The great thing is that it’s easier to find those answers when you win. And Donald Trump won the presidency. He won bigly.