# How badly will Republicans try to "poison the waters" of The Blue Tsunami? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 9, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743 "2026-11-09T19:53:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/1 "2026-11-09T19:53:04Z")
Now that the mid-term elections are over (for the most part) I am not hearing much about recounts and rigged elections, but I am seeing a few reports of Republicans trying to pull back or eliminate all the power they grabbed before the newbies take office. Any thoughts and/or examples? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/2 "2026-11-09T19:55:41Z")
For starters, as I understand it, the cuts from “Big Beautiful Bill” don’t take effect until January. You can be sure RW media will be blaming your skyrocketing medical expenses on the democrats. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/3 "2026-11-09T20:00:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I am not hearing much about recounts and rigged elections My social media accounts are unfortunately riddled with it. It’s mostly BS, of course, but it’s reached fever pitch these past couple of days, along with all the usual Meal Team 6 and Gravy Seals calls to action 🙄. Mostly from the general populace but some are from Republican officials or former officials. Matt Gaetz is a prime example. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/4 "2026-11-09T20:12:49Z")
See here & subsequent: > [@Reluctantly — Fuck Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/1276): > > Already happening The state senate (which the Republicans managed to hold) is already making noises about stripping the Lt Gov of many of the powers and prerogatives that are based on senate rules and not codified by statute or in the state constitution. These include committee assignments, choosing legislation to advance or not, etc. And some state legislators are calling on Greg Abbott to convene a special session so they can limit the power of the Governor’s office as well, before Gina Hin… ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/5 "2026-11-09T20:24:04Z")
Trump posted something last night questioning the elections. > **[Trump questions midterm election results, revives voting-machine conspiracy](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/09/trump-election-results-democrats.html)** > > President Trump's questioning of the legitimacy of his loss in the 2020 election culminated with an attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of his supporters. > [@](#): > > “Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Surprised it took him so long. I figured it would be less than a day. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/6 "2026-11-10T01:20:46Z")
In Missouri we’ve had a continuing fight over the legislature overturning citizen initiatives for things as diverse as minimum wage, marijuana legalization and abortion. The citizens finally got together and put a consitutional amendment on the balot that said from now on the legislature could only overturn an initiative if they could put together an 80% supermajority. Sure enough, [Missouri’s secretary of state has declared the consitutional amendment to be unconstitional and several of the llegislators are planning a court challenge.](https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/article_7a47b5d4-8170-458c-ad21-7fd2dc57c10b.html?gift=1&gift_token=f6c64660-d165-46c6-8007-54912381284a) ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/7 "2026-11-10T23:39:13Z")
So now it’s unconstitutional to amend the constitution? All those founding fathers were just traitors, then? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/8 "2026-11-10T23:57:17Z")
We’ll see what the Missouri state Supreme Court has to say, but so far they have been thoroughly unconvinced by the Sec. of State’s legal claims. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/10 "2026-11-11T00:19:57Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > For starters, as I understand it, the cuts from “Big Beautiful Bill” don’t take effect until January. You can be sure RW media will be blaming your skyrocketing medical expenses on the democrats. I was going to mention this. The Republican enacted a law that’s going to have a disastrous effect on the economy and they post-dated it so it will happen right after the Democrats take over. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/11 "2026-11-11T00:28:05Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > You can be sure RW media will be blaming your skyrocketing medical expenses on the democrats. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I was going to mention this. The Republican enacted a law that’s going to have a disastrous effect on the economy and they post-dated it so it will happen right after the Democrats take over. Am I missing something? Of course, RW media and Republicans will try to taint Democrats with any increasing costs, but Americans have been making their medical elections for 2027 _now_, and it will continue through the end of 2026. They already _know_ who increased their medical costs for next year, don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/13 "2026-11-11T02:08:55Z")
You have to recognize that there are a lot of low-information voters out there. They may have sort of heard that there was a thing called the Big Beautiful Bill. But they didn’t pay attention to any of the details. And they didn’t notice any significant effect that hit them personally after it passed. Next year when the BBB goes into effect and they notice the sudden increase in their medical costs, they won’t associate that with some law that they will have already forgotten about. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/14 "2026-11-11T04:47:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The Republican enacted a law that’s going to have a disastrous effect on the economy and they post-dated it so it will happen right after the Democrats take over. To paraphrase myself from elsewhere on the internet; A journalist just needs to say “sir, a lot of voters are talking about [something from the BBB] that dem lawmakers passed, what’s your reaction to that?” and watch him go out of his way to make sure everyone understands that it was HIS idea, not some do-nothing dumocrat. It doesn’t matter if you ask him about a law that was passed or the invention the light bulb, he cant not take credit for it. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-republicans-try-to-poison-the-waters-of-the-blue-tsunami/1034743/15 "2026-11-11T04:52:33Z")
Stripping power from incoming Dem politicians has been going on in North Carolina for a while. IIRC, Wisconsin too. I don’t know if it’s possible to stop it w/o changes in state constitutions, but it’s insane to me that you can have an election for “position with powers and responsibilities X, Y, and X” and then that position no longer has those powers and responsibilities when the person is sworn in.