The GOP Isn't Learning From Their 2026 Mistakes

From Megyn Kelly

A critical look at the GOP’s 2026 performance, focusing on why candidates underperformed and how party leaders’ decisions—endorsements, campaign strategies, and views on war and policy—were linked to election losses. It argues the issues were more about candidate quality and messaging than external factors, with attention to war, gas prices, and Israel as key points of contention.

Key Takeaways

  • Trump’s cast-as-victim narrative masks a broader GOP erosion: candidate quality alone won’t reverse a war-tariff backlash.
  • Tariffs and the Iran war aren’t side dramas; they’re the steering wheel—polls show real, material hits to approval.
  • Campaign loyalty to failed allies didn’t just backfire; it amplified a wider disdain for entrenched establishment favors.
  • The Lindsey Graham plug-backfire: personal favoritism becomes public liability when voters face the consequences.
  • Candidate quality scapegoating is a smokescreen; structural policy misfires—gas, war, and tariffs—pulled the lever

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