Mike Gallagher

Democrats are throwing themselves one hell of a victory party, the media is practically jerking itself off over the historic blue wave, and apparently everyone is supposed to shut the fuck up while some of the strangest election results in Texas get buried beneath an avalanche of self-congratulatory bullshit. Take Texas House District 93. Democrat Ericka Lomick suspended her campaign after her federal fraud and money-laundering convictions came to light. Her Republican opponent, Alan Blaylock, had an enormous fundraising advantage. Trump carried the district by roughly 19 points in 2024. And Lomick fucking won. TWICE. She received 38,972 votes to Blaylock's 38,162, winning two separate contests on the same ballot after abandoning her campaign. What an absolutely spectacular political miracle. Why waste money on consultants, advertisements, rallies, or even showing up when apparently quitting your campaign is a winning strategy? Then there's the statewide Democratic turnout explosion, with Gina Hinojosa receiving more than 5.23 million votes and ending Greg Abbott's governorship. Those are extraordinary political developments. They deserve extraordinary scrutiny. So where's the goddamn curiosity? Where are the painstaking precinct-by-precinct examinations? The hard questions about turnout operations, changing voter behavior, and how traditionally Republican territory suddenly produced such astonishing results? Instead, we're treated to another nauseating media circle jerk about Trump's political funeral. These are the same institutions that can spend months dissecting every microscopic detail of a Republican victory. Give Democrats an electoral earthquake, however, and suddenly the champagne corks are flying faster than the questions. How fucking convenient. Meanwhile, Ron DeSantis demonstrated in Florida that turnout strategy matters. His property-tax amendment helped motivate Republican voters while Democrats surged elsewhere. That's another result worth examining. What worked in Florida? What collapsed elsewhere? How much of this election came down to turnout, organization, candidate quality, or shifting political loyalties? Americans deserve actual answers to those questions. And spare me the sanctimonious bullshit suggesting that demanding explanations is somehow an attack on democracy. Election results should withstand scrutiny. Every damn one of them. The bigger the victory, the stronger the obligation to explain how it happened. So enjoy the confetti, Democrats. Pop the champagne. Dance around Trump's imaginary political grave until your feet bleed. Then put the fucking party favors down and answer the questions. Because the most revealing thing about this historic blue wave may ultimately be how quickly the people celebrating it decided the investigation was already over. (article below)