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Donald Trump on Wednesday reacted to the Republican Party’s setbacks in Tuesday’s elections, attributing the losses to two key reasons, his absence from the ballot and the government shutdown.

In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Trump wasn’t on the ballot, and shutdown, were the two reasons that republicans lost elections tonight," citing pollsters as the source of the assessment.

Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social

Trump’s post comes after Democrats swept a trio of races on Tuesday in the first major elections since Donald Trump regained the presidency, giving the beleaguered party a shot of momentum as it looks ahead to the congressional midterm elections next year.

In New York City, Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic soci

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