U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
According to the panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Republicans should be very nervous about next year's midterms election because Donald Trump will not be on the ballot to motivate low-propensity voters as was the case in the elections in Wisconsin and Florida on Tuesday.
Noting the overwhelming loss by conservative Brad Schimel for a State Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin as well as narrower-than-normal GOP wins in Florida for two open House seats, former Florida GOP Rep. Joe Scarborough, now an MSNBC host, called the election results the "canary in the coalmine" for Republicans.
"If you're a Republican and you're in the House, and I know something about this, and you're in a district that Donald Trump won by less than 15 points and Donald Trump's not going to be on the ballot because that Trump political, you know, pull is not transferable," he told his guests. "Man, you got to be thinking like Mike. I'll tell you, I said [NY GOP Rep.] Mike Lawler, who's on the show a lot. You want to run for governor in New York state? It's time to figure out how to start working with some Democrats, be able to go to the voters and say, I'm not owned by Elon Musk, I work for you."
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"You know," he later added. "I said it all along and I said it before Donald Trump came on the scene, Republicans thought Reaganism was transferable –– it wasn't. Democrats thought they could, you know, get they could do what Bill Clinton did –– they can't. Democrats thought Obama, and that Obama magic was transferable –– it wasn't. And it's the same thing with Donald Trump. When Donald Trump is not on the ballot, Republicans are exposed."
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