Trump Pays Price for Making Midterms About Him

“President Trump implored voters over the course of the midterm campaign to ‘pretend I’m on the ballot.’ He said it not once, not twice, but 47 times this fall,” the New York Times reports.

“And voters did — just not the way he hoped.”

“The Democratic wave in the congressional elections on Tuesday amounted to a stinging rebuke of a deeply unpopular president after more than a decade in which he has dominated the national stage. More than any of his predecessors, Mr. Trump deliberately made the midterm contest a referendum on himself, only to pay the price.”