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BREAKING: Democrats Choke in Tennessee
Special Election

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Posted By: Mercedes44, 12/2/2025 10:18:36 PM

Democrats and their allies in the legacy media spent the last few weeks hyperventilating about the possibility of flipping a deep-red congressional seat in Tennessee, hoping to send a shockwave through the Republican Party ahead of the midterms and take that momentum to victory. They truly believed they could snatch victory in a district President Donald Trump carried by 22 points just last year. But reality came crashing down on them Tuesday night when Decision Desk HQ projected Matt Van Epps as the winner of the special election for Tennessee’s 7th congressional district around 9:10 PM ET.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: seamusm 12/2/2025 10:39:54 PM (No. 2036669)
The author is correct. We of the GOP cannot afford to take mid-term elections lightly. Else we will cede both the House and Senate and face the catastrophe of endless impeachments with no headway as to Trump's agenda - the agenda we elected him to complete.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: robertthomason 12/3/2025 12:33:08 AM (No. 2036685)
Other reports say he won by 9 points. My experience as a go to meeting Republican since the late 1960's is that's a crushing defeat for the Democrat. Comparing this special election to the Trump percentage or the percentage for the incumbent's last reelection is illogical and just plain stupid. The guy was not an incumbent or a former President running the third time for President. The Marxists threw everything they could against this guy while the LowT GOP had the vapors and he crushed the Marxist running against him. Let's keep looking up and turning out to vote.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 12/3/2025 12:36:17 AM (No. 2036689)
Turned out that labeling the Rat candidate as the AOBM of the South was not a winning strategy.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: chumley 12/3/2025 5:01:18 AM (No. 2036705)
Guess they didn't cheat well enough this time. They'll try to do better next time.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Strike3 12/3/2025 5:20:57 AM (No. 2036709)
One can only imagine the runaway spinning of the democrat propaganda machine today if that insane woman had pulled off the victory. The media would have been ecstatic while forecasting the death of the GOP.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: lakerman1 12/3/2025 5:36:04 AM (No. 2036714)
If a person is a democrat, living in a city where the democrat candidate says she hates the city, how dumb must the voter be,. to vote for her?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: homefry 12/3/2025 5:59:55 AM (No. 2036721)
Reply 6 - Posted by: lakerman1 12/3/2025 5:36:04 AM (No. 2036714) If a person is a democrat, living in a city where the democrat candidate says she hates the city, how dumb must the voter be,. to vote for her? Well, Lakerman1, we are talking about dim-0s here.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: JHHolliday 12/3/2025 10:01:14 AM (No. 2036799)
Agree with #1. If the dishonest Dems get control they will impeach any GOP candidate who wins the WH. If Jesus himself were to return to earth from Heaven and endorse the GOP candidate, they would find a way to slander Him too.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: mc squared 12/3/2025 10:10:30 AM (No. 2036806)
From Politico: "Despite loss, Democrats overperformed in bright red Tennessee House race" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/02/tennessee-aftyn-behn-matt-van-epps-democrats-00674118
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