XCR1250 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (CNN)As President Donald Trump celebrated Republican victories in two special congressional elections on Wednesday, one man who advised presidents from both parties warned the results "should be a wake-up call for Democrats" that Trump could be on his way to re-election in 2020. Republican Ralph Norman defeated Archie Parnell in Tuesday's special election for South Carolina's 5th congressional district, and in Georgia, Republican Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the most expensive House race in history. Republicans have won all four of the four special elections that have been held under President Trump. During an appearance on CNN's "Erin Burnett Outfront," David Gergen, who advised former Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, admitted that off-year elections like this may not be the best predictor of what could happen in the 2018 midterms. But he said it should send a strong signal to Democrats thinking about taking back the White House. "What's really important is that Donald Trump has seized the narrative back, that he's doing better with the voters than Democrats think he is," he said. "It should be a wake-up call for Democrats. It is possible that he could actually get re-elected if Democrats aren't careful." Gergen has criticized Trump on a variety of issues, including his withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and his firing of James Comey as FBI director, a fact he acknowledged during his appearance. But he said there is no doubt that "this is one occasion when we ought to say he deserves to take a victory lap." "Any President in his shoes would do exactly what he's doing, and that is impress the voters with the fact that he withstood assaults on four different states and Republicans won all four," he added. "And you can't get away from the fact that in Georgia this was seen as a test of whether the resistance by Democrats was going to overpower the Republicans or whether the Trump vote would hold. His vote held, so this is a deserved victory lap." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Holder the guy found in contempt of Congress might run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 200k votes separated trump from being a footnote in history like Hillary is, him winning in low iq areas still is no surprise and will continue, he'll have a tougher time where people can walk and chew gum at the same time the next go around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 god what a pathetic choice americans were given in 2016 .....the lowest of the low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Just now, f7ben said: god what a pathetic choice americans were given in 2016 .....the lowest of the low Choice between a douche and a turd sammich, and the douche won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Kivalo Posted June 23, 2017 Gold Member Share Posted June 23, 2017 The guy isn't even 6mo into his first year. There is no way whatsoever to tell if he will get a second term at this point. An awful lot can happen in 4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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