We've been relentlessly focused on affordability and on accountability.
Voters rebuke Trump and hand Congress to the Democrats.
What do they do now with that power?
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Is he already politically damaged?
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What did he get for it?
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Good morning, everybody.
I'm Audie Cornish, and here's where we begin.
Republicans scratching their heads, trying to figure out what went wrong.
The top issue, cost of living, is very real.
Too many in politics dismissed it.
I knew Republicans were in trouble when I was reading an overview about, you know, what were they running ads on?
And they're spending hundreds of millions of dollars across the country on, you know, on transgender ads.
Probably that's the primary reason.
The price, not the war, the price.
So voters overwhelmingly rejected President Trump's agenda, style and presidency.
For the Democrats, the question this morning is where do they start?