The world is so black and white for narcissistic sociopaths, especially the malignant kinds... like you-know-who. There's Trump and then there's the rest of the world... and what those in the rest of the world can do for him (or to him). He call to consolidate members of his party who lost their seats Tuesday or to ask how their families are bucking up. He'd didn't send them a message through an intermediary that he would keep an eye out for a job for them.Instead-- and totally in line with his character and moral fiber-- he razed them and wished them the worst. NCB News reported yesterday that at a White House news conference he said of one member whose race is still too close to call that "Mia Love gave me no love, but then she lost. Too bad."He was sure to single her out because she's both black and a woman-- two cohorts among his subjects who he has particular animus towards-- but he didn't stop with poor Rep. Love, who's vote he may need in the lame duck session or... if she winds up winning after all.
He listed several other GOP lawmakers he said had rejected his "embrace" before falling to Democratic opponents: Reps. Carlos Curbelo in Florida; Mike Coffman in Colorado; Peter Roskam in Illinois; and Barbara Comstock in Virginia, among them... Retiring Rep. Ryan Costello (R-PA) fired back at Trump on behalf of his colleagues:The main lesson he learned from the midterms, he said, was "I think people like me."Though Republicans lost control of the House Tuesday night, Trump portrayed the midterms as a "tremendous" success because the GOP picked up several Senate seats-- against the headwinds of historical precedent.He said Republicans in the House "dramatically over-performed" expectations. And he even framed the loss of the chamber as a victory for him."If we had the majority and we had one or two or three votes to play with we would have been at a standstill," he said. With Democrats in charge, he said, "we can do a tremendous amount of legislation."But he also warned that if Democrats try to investigate him, Senate Republicans will do the same to them, producing a stalemate. And he said that he would not work with them on policy if they investigate his administration."If they do that then all it is is just a war-like posture," he said.
