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President Trump told Reuters this week that, after a year of what he calls historic accomplishments, “when you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election,” a blunt remark that set off predictable howls from the coastal press. He was venting about the age-old midterm penalty that often hits the party in the White House, and he was making the point most Americans of common sense understand: if the country is thriving, why throw everything into chaos?
The White House quickly explained that the president was speaking facetiously, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying he was joking about “maybe we should just keep rolling” because the administration is delivering for the country. Let the record show the administration owned the comment and moved on, while the media treated it like constitutional treason—another example of a double standard that would be funny if it weren’t so dangerous.
The hysterics come as polls show Democrats with a slim edge in generic ballot surveys and as the left ramps up messaging to nationalize every race, weaponizing outrage and selective outrage to motivate turnout. Washington elites and the legacy press insist they alone protect democracy, even as their hysterical reaction proves they are less interested in debate than in destroying a presidency that dares to put America first.
Trump’s larger point—promote the record and make the case rather than cower before bad polling—should resonate with hardworking Americans who see tangible improvements in jobs, energy, and national security where it matters. The president is right to remind voters that bold policies produce results, and that the comfortable coastal class that manufactures outrage on cable TV does not get to dictate what is best for middle America.
Democrats and their media allies, of course, immediately painted the remark as proof of some authoritarian desire, even while those same critics cheered for shutdowns and mandates when it suited their agenda. Reporters pressed the press secretary about the joke, invoking soldiers who fought for freedom, and the exchange only highlighted the media’s performative sanctimony rather than any real concern for the rule of law.
Conservatives must not fall into the trap of negotiating with the media’s hysteria; instead we should use the moment to rally voters, defend common-sense election integrity reforms like voter ID and the SAVE Act, and make the unmistakable case that America’s revival is at stake this November. The left’s fear of losing power is the only reason they scream about norms now; if their ideas were winning on the merits, they wouldn’t need to smear a president who defends American sovereignty and lower taxes.
This controversy reveals the fundamental divide in American politics: patriots who trust the people to judge results, and an elite class that trusts itself to decide who gets to govern. Republicans who believe in liberty and prosperity should stop apologizing, organize in every county, and turn the outrage machine’s tremors into Republican victories at the ballot box.
