{"id":1617,"date":"2023-01-02T16:36:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2023-01-02T16:36:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:36:33","slug":"donald-trump-points-finger-at-this-group-for-lackluster-midterm-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/donald-trump-points-finger-at-this-group-for-lackluster-midterm-results\/njackson\/2023\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Points Finger at This Group for Lackluster Midterm Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Finger pointing almost never solves anything but that isn&#8217;t stopping Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, former President Trump blamed pro-life Republicans for last year&#8217;s disappointing midterm results after experts predicted the GOP to make definitive gains in the House and Senate. Trump&#8217;s comments come after some have blamed the results on the former President&#8217;s interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t my fault that the Republicans didn&#8217;t live up to expectations in the midterms,&#8221; Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. &#8220;It was the \u2018abortion issue,\u2019 poorly handled by many Republicans, especially those that firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of rape, incest or life of the mother, that lost large numbers of voters.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Also, the people that pushed so hard, for decades, against abortion, got their wish from the U.S. Supreme Court, and just plain disappeared, not to be seen again,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump&#8217;s comments on pro-life Republicans come as his presidential campaign experiences a dip in the polls. Prior to the midterms, Trump was the overwhelming favorite to be the Republican nominee, regularly winning primary polls with upward of 50% of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, a Wall Street Journal poll of Republican primary voters found that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u00a0(R) leads Trump by double digits\u00a0for the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finger pointing almost never solves anything but that isn&#8217;t stopping Donald Trump. On Monday, former President Trump blamed pro-life Republicans for last year&#8217;s disappointing midterm results after experts predicted the GOP to make definitive gains in the House and Senate. 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