“Move Aside and Let Republicans Win” Screams Fox News Editorial, Telling Trump That Walker Loss Was His “Political Obituary”

This did not take long, less than 24 hours as a matter of fact. Surf on over to FoxNews.com and read the scathing editorial that is posted there. It comes out and says that “Herschel Walker…just wrote Donald Trump’s political obituary,” but in fact it’s Fox News. Let’s tell it like it is.

Having suffered the rare humiliation of failing to win a second term in the Oval Office, and having cost his party a majority in the senate – three times – it is time for Donald Trump to step away from politics. It is the right thing to do for his party, for the country, and for himself.

Mr. Trump will not win another election. His most glaring political strength today is his ability to energize Democrats, causing not only historic turnout but attracting gushers of campaign cash – for the opposition.

Here comes the backhanded compliment, backdoor diss, whatever you want to call it. First they praise MAGA and Trump, then they deliver the coup de grace, which is that Trump should have accepted defeat and not gone whacko with the election denial business.

The midterms were, instead, a referendum on the increasing unpopularity of Mr. Trump. Yes, he still has a lock on some (declining) portion of the Republican Party. And, yes, Trump-always voters may refuse to back anyone else, ever. That is unfortunate, because Trump’s greatest achievement was bringing hundreds of thousands – maybe millions – of people into our political process, for the first time.

These were people who never thought a candidate spoke for them. People felt left behind by both establishment Republicans and Democrats – who believed that D.C. was a swamp and that Trump could fix it. They liked his willingness to poke the special interests who had lobbied for free trade and cost them their jobs. They agreed with Trump’s demands that our allies foot the bill for their own defense, and his condemnation of business interests making fortunes in China, while turning a blind eye to Beijing’s criminal behavior.

Trump was a breath of fresh air when he ran for president in 2016, and he was a successful president knocked down by a virus from China. But his refusal to admit defeat in the 2020 election, and the tragic aftermath of that refusal, shut the door on his political career. After January 6, and having publicly nursed his grievances for two years, there is no comeback.

“Successful president” translates as he did what Mitch needed him to do. And yes, the pandemic was his death knell. But he created it as such. He eliminated the pandemic response team early on in his administration, apparently regarding it as a waiter at Mar-a-Lago that he could easily replace again, and at will.

The obituary goes on. Nobody is laying out a dime for Trumpty.

And where will Trump’s money will come from? Many important GOP funders, including Ken Griffin, Andy Sabin, Steve Schwartzman and others have said they will not back the former president.

The grassroots funding, which amounted to more than $14 billion in 2020 – a record-shattering amount – should have shown up in support of midterm candidates backed by Trump, but it did not.

He can’t raise money and he can’t win elections. His coattail means nothing. That is not the winning formula for a presidential candidate.

Here’s the last line and it is a killer.

It’s time for former President Trump to realize that staying in the 2024 contest will only further erode his legacy. He must move aside, and let Republicans win the next round.

“Move aside and let Republicans win the next round.” That translates as, “We’ve opened the door of the tent and kicked your fat orange ass out.”

And here’s the blow back from Trump.

As the cliche goes, denial is not just a river in Egypt. Trump is the King of Denial.