A former Homeland Safety official who notably wrote an “anonymous” op-ed towards Donald Trump’s first time period defined what’s making the president and his advisers “worried” after Democrats swept a number of key races on election night time.
Miles Taylor — one in every of Trump’s perceived foes who has develop into a goal amid the president’s second-term revenge tour — argued on his Substack web page that Trump is “surely fretting” in regards to the social gathering’s wins within the New York Metropolis mayoral race in addition to the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races.
“Democrats learned, again, how to win by tacking to the center and speaking to the majority of Americans who just want a functioning country,” Taylor wrote.
“Trump should be shaking in his wrinkled pants, because the thing he fears most is the thing these results signal. His dictator antics are showing him for what he really is. A loser.”
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Earlier in Taylor’s submit, he pointed to Trump’s message on his Reality Social platform, which tied the GOP’s losses to his absence from the poll and the continuing authorities shutdown.
“The latter claim was a shocking admission because he didn’t even bother to blame the Democrats for the government closure,” Taylor famous.
He added {that a} “bigger reason” for Trump and his advisers’ worries is “how the Democrats won” on Tuesday.
He argued that Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) and New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) gained as a result of they “claimed the political center” at a time when voters are “nervous about the chaos” coming from the White Home.
New York Metropolis Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) “revealed a paradox,” in accordance with Taylor, with a “far from a resounding win” margin-wise in comparison with his predecessors’ victories within the latest basic elections.
“Taken together, the night’s results did not signal some progressive wave. It was a moderate wave,” Taylor wrote.
“The victories signaled that the Democratic Party is largely re-centering itself around stability and governance, not ideological performance. And that rightfully has the White House feeling anxious.”
