On Wednesday, The Federalist posted an article titled “After Midterm Drubbing, Senate GOP Leadership Should Resign.” I totally agree. The voters gave you both Houses of Congress and you sat on your hands or played political games.

The article reports:

But it’s not just that Republicans lost “key” Senate races heading into Election Day. It’s that they lost or were close to losing seats in supposedly “red” states.

This includes places like South Carolina (lost), Kansas (lost), Nebraska (relatively close win), Mississippi (too close to call), and others. The environment was so bad for Republicans that states originally seen as battlegrounds, like Georgia and North Carolina, weren’t even considered contested going into Tuesday.

While the Iran war and its harmful effects on the economy have become a large source of blame for the losses (and rightly so), there’s another major culprit responsible for the disaster — Senate GOP leadership.

Since retaking the majority two years ago, the Republican-run upper chamber and its leading senators have spent more time fighting the voters who elected them in 2024 than their Democrat counterparts. No matter the issue, these actors relentlessly worked to undermine conservative priorities, all of which helped set the stage for Tuesday’s drubbing.

Consider that it was Senate Republicans who dragged their feet on confirming Trump cabinet picks like Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard in the early days of the administration. Some of these senators even sought to sabotage these selections behind the scenes when they thought voters weren’t looking.

Things were just as awful on the legislation front. Aside from a tax cut bill that midterm voters clearly didn’t put much stock in, soon-to-be former Senate Majority Leader John Thune and his band of misfits haven’t done — to put it mildly — jack squat.

…Say what one will about Democrats’ destructive vision for the country (and it is destructive), they deliver for their voters and actually fight for their interests. The same cannot be said for most elected Republicans, who offered no meaningful, alternative message other than “We’re not Democrats.”

I am disappointed that North Carolina elected Roy Cooper to the Senate. However, there is no way he can be any worse than Thom Tillis. I am amazed that Roy Cooper got any votes from the western part of the state. His actions after Hurricane Helene were pathetic. His ignoring the Constitution during Covid was also awful. However, people voted him into office. At any rate, almost anything would be an improvement over the Senator we have had for the past six years.