{"id":37656,"date":"2026-04-09T18:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/09\/we-got-our-butts-kicked-republicans-rattled-by-democratic-momentum-ahead-of-midterms-pbs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:26:39","slug":"we-got-our-butts-kicked-republicans-rattled-by-democratic-momentum-ahead-of-midterms-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/09\/we-got-our-butts-kicked-republicans-rattled-by-democratic-momentum-ahead-of-midterms-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We got our butts kicked.&#8217; Republicans rattled by Democratic momentum ahead of midterms &#8211; PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;We got our butts kicked.&#8217; Republicans rattled by Democratic momentum ahead of midterms<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPQUptSUlOX0ZQN3ZMUVE0OTItYmZ6LVMxV0VtX3hzWElQNVB4QTNJeU82UE9qVml0VlN4SHdIeVRiYjFUbUNVTXJSejdkUzYtZjRBRXJhQTRLNWhYS3BtbWVNdHdIVm1TRU1nVzFQNXZXZm9uRjNFcXhURnVVYlFQSmV1OUs3QmFlMjVRUGE0aW5fVnM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia, Wisconsin Elections Show Declining Appetite for Republican Candidates<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxQVy1GSUVZR3psZm9WbklGNGVUWlQ0TTZVMEhOOXdndW96YmVGT1NIT256NUpxUGlPNkg1WVo0dDNoQXlDNm5iUjZNRW1ET0JkYktaTDhOSjB1Ukd1ajUta3NHNzdnbFlBUWs1amlYMExnemdKNldZdHZ4LWpOMXBuU3dtTUwwd0cwb1lWUEx4YlNhVlI1ejNzajNMdXlPTHV2RGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats lost in Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s old district. They still had one of their best election nights in recent memory<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxQdXc3NzVRbnVmekQ3RERTTm1qRXF4emVxc3dDZHV2bjVJSGFVQ0JMV20tQnRsQ2NTRWhPaFJwbURSMERGTFh6dVNQYVlGU3FNdFpoMXoxQTAzY0dsakJsVW9YY01sSFlTMllLNUhKWld3bmhOTW81MHBwNVQ4d2JEQk0tTnFtd3lQSWhfMmxra2hyR0U4Ymdvb1NzeWxmdEdZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018A wow moment\u2019: Democrats\u2019 election hot streak goes scorching<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQTEE4dDh5N3hUZUdsY3V4MHdBc09DSjdQVnVoRWxwMVFoaHJOY0JFOUtnQlhnaTJjNXkyN1Z1U2ZhV0Q2dUYzVW1zWGlOdHRjdWIxQ2s0TGd3ajB0ZmlvbWc2WHVxQzhaU1ZyMWZjblFDYUF1V1FtdW82OGVWb2lZTU05S2xDQXltaGYxQXhNazJqRXJxNUZYRGZHYUhxRm1rbExhd1ZrLWFZVVJYQkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats keep doing better in elections since Trump returned to office<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;We got our butts kicked.&#8217; Republicans rattled by Democratic momentum ahead of midterms&nbsp;&nbsp;PBS Georgia, Wisconsin Elections Show Declining Appetite for Republican Candidates&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/09\/we-got-our-butts-kicked-republicans-rattled-by-democratic-momentum-ahead-of-midterms-pbs\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}