Plenty of Republicans are down in the dumps this morning, and that's understandable, but it's time to look ahead, not back. Vice President JD Vance certainly thinks so, and he has taken to his official X account to say, in no uncertain terms, what he thinks national Republicans need to do next.
I think it's idiotic to overreact to a couple of elections in blue states, but a few thoughts:
— JD Vance (@JDVance) November 5, 2025
1) Scot Pressler, TPUSA, and a bunch of others have been working hard to register voters. I said it in 2022, and I've said it repeatedly since: our coalition is "lower propensity" and…
He's not wrong about overreacting; these were blue wins in blue states, and while disappointing, they're neither surprising nor unexpected. But as for his thoughts: Let's look at the vice president's three points one by one.
1) Scot Pressler, TPUSA, and a bunch of others have been working hard to register voters. I said it in 2022, and I've said it repeatedly since: our coalition is "lower propensity" and that means we have to do better at turning out voters than we have in the past.
He's not wrong about lower-propensity voters, either. The Democrats have always been more cohesive than Republicans; it's part of their collectivist mindset. They do stick together, and they have always been better at turning out their voters. This is something the GOP really, really needs to work on overcoming. People like Scot Pressler are doing great work, but this is something we need to do at the local level, too; encourage your Republican neighbors to get out there and vote. (If you have Democrat neighbors, well, no need to remind them.)
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But here's a key point:
2) We need to focus on the home front. The president has done a lot that has already paid off in lower interest rates and lower inflation, but we inherited a disaster from Joe Biden and Rome wasn't built in a day. We're going to keep on working to make a decent life affordable in this country, and that's the metric by which we'll ultimately be judged in 2026 and beyond.
Keep working, yes, but bear in mind that we have one year, guaranteed, with a GOP majority in both houses of Congress. We don't yet know what will happen in the midterms, but we do know what has historically happened most of the time, and it's not good for our side. Several key points in President Trump's domestic agenda will take years to realize, like his energy development plans. To motivate low-propensity voters and, more importantly, those swing voters who often decide elections, we need some big shiny things, some very visible successes, right the heck now.
3) The infighting is stupid. I care about my fellow citizens--particularly young Americans--being able to afford a decent life, I care about immigration and our sovereignty, and I care about establishing peace overseas so our resources can be focused at home. If you care about those things too, let's work together.
Infighting is always stupid. It's also always inevitable, and the Democrats have that problem, too. But here the vice president touches on (presumably illegal) immigration, which is a success that the Trump administration can tout now, as are the various foreign policy wins. Those are things we can ride into the midterms, but it's going to take more than that.
Tuesday's off-year elections didn't go so well. It's important, yes, to look at those races and figure out where we could have done better. But the midterm campaigns start now. The bigger priority is figuring out how to win those, how to retain control of the House and Senate, and how to keep this country moving.
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