The fifth season of the royal drama dropped on the streaming service earlier this week and sees the two actors take over the roles of the now-married couple from predecessors Josh O’Connor and Emerald Fennell.
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In a new interview with Variety, Dominic and Olivia were posed with comments from some social media users labelling them “too hot” for their characters, who are depicted in the 90s, when the then-Prince Charles was still married to Diana, Princess Of Wales.
“Well I think there’s something in that, you know. I’ve had worse,” Dominic joked.
Olivia continued: ”[The producers] will just have to try and suppress how very deeply hot we are for season six.”
The King and Queen Consort pictured earlier this week
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She added that she was not taking much feedback on board as she has an “astonishing ability to ignore all press”, unlike Dominic, who said he “reads every single” review.
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He continued: “Because I always find if you don’t read it and then you go in – I remember doing a play on Broadway once and I thought, ‘Well, I’m not gonna read the reviews.’ And I came into the theatre and it was like a morgue. Everyone looked at me as if my dog had just died.
“And from then on I’ve read reviews. I think what’s obvious is this season, probably more than previous ones, has stirred up a lot of controversy, partly because the Queen has died. And also because it’s about probably the most tumultuous time of their lives and over a time that more people remember than ever before.”
While many have said it is a strong start for its third cast – led by Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II – others have absolutely torn it to sheds.
It was described in different reviews as “boring”, “dull”, “tawdry” and “addictive”, with some referring to it as a low-point for The Crown, while others hail it as strong as ever.
Dorries said there was a “general air in the room” at a party thrown by Johnson to thank his supporters of “people saying he will be back”.
She said Johnson was using his time out of No.10 to “recoup” money spent while in office.
“I used to say that to be a prime minister you need to be rich because it costs you a lot of money,” Dorries said.
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“It is part of the role to invite people to Chequers, but you have to pay for every cup of tea served out of your own pocket.”
In what will be seen as a pop at Sunak, the close ally of Johnson added: “So unless you are a multimillionaire, it is a problem.”
As prime minister, Johnson earned £161,401 per year.
During that time he accepted a £15,000 gift of a Caribbean holiday from a Conservative donor who co-founded Carphone Warehouse.
The Downing Street flat was also refurbished at a cost of £200,000, paid for by Tory donor Lord Brownlow.
Since standing down, he has accepted £50,000 in from the family of Tory donor Lord Bamford.
In early October he earned £135,000 for giving a speech in the United States to insurance brokers.
In a recent interview with Sky News, Johnson – who remains an MP – would not be drawn on his future plans, saying only he was “happy doing what I’m doing”.
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Earlier this week he delivered a speech at the Cop27 climate change summit in Egypt.
His decision to attend the gathering was widely seen as forcing Sunak to U-turn and also fly to the meeting.
Matt Hancock has been called out by Chris Moyles after the ex-health secretary explained he is “looking for a bit of forgiveness” by appearing on I’m A Celebrity.
The MP made the plea after being confronted by fellow campmates as he admitted he made a “mistake” and regrets the actions that led to his resignation.
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Journalist Charlene White passionately explained how a relative died during the first coronavirus wave, and that his excuse “doesn’t really cut it” for many affected families.
Hancock broke coronavirus social distancing rules during the pandemic by having an affair in his ministerial office with aide Gina Coladangelo, and has said it was caused by the fact he “fell in love”.
While his explanation drew sympathy from some in the jungle, radio star Moyles was more cynical. “Forgiveness for what, Matt?,” he said away from Hancock. “What are you sorry for?”
It came as the sitting MP faced eating camel’s penis, sheep’s vagina and cow’s anus during Friday’s episode.
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Chris Moyles is not here for Matt Hancock’s redemption story, calling out his plea for “forgiveness”
“Forgiveness for what, Matt? What are you sorry for? Are you sorry for being caught? Sorry for having an affair? Sorry for making bad decisions? Sorry for lying? What?” pic.twitter.com/LuK3gbWEU8
After the challenge, Hancock was questioned by his campmates about his affair.
Hancock, who resigned as health secretary in June 2021, said: “It was a mistake, because I fell in love with somebody. That’s why I apologised for it.”
TV presenter and property expert Scarlette Douglas said: “It’s that kind of, you just do it and then afterwards it’s like, ‘Oh I’m sorry, I’m sorry’.”
Hancock replied: “No, because it’s bigger than that.”
Loose Women star White said: “It’s massively bigger than that. My aunt died from Covid in the first wave.
“So, we couldn’t go to the hospital to go and visit her. I had to sit by myself in the church at her funeral. We couldn’t hug each other because we were following guidance.
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“And I get that you fell in love, I understand all of those things, but sorry for a lot of families like mine doesn’t really cut it.”
Hancock replied: “Yeah. Well, there you go. That’s one of the reasons that I regret it as much as I do.”
Speaking to White, he added: “Do you know what it is actually, what I’m really looking for is a bit of forgiveness, that’s what I’m really looking for.”
Douglas said: “I nearly cried then.”
Hancock replied: “So did I. We all make mistakes. I made a pretty big one.”
The exchange prompted both White and Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver to give him a hug, to which the actress added: “That took balls Matt to say that.”
But in a scene where Moyles and Douglas were talking one-on-one, he said: “Forgiveness for what, Matt? What are you sorry for? Are you sorry for being caught? Sorry for having an affair? Sorry for making bad decisions? Sorry for lying? What?”
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He added: “If you’re going to be real. I’m trying to be as real as I can. When I think he’s not being real, it’s bugging me, I don’t know why. We’ve all made mistakes. You put your hands up. You’re honest. If you’re at that point where you genuinely feel that bad, you go, I’m sorry. You take it. I’m sorry. And he’s trying to portray that he’s being totally honest. It’s eating away at me.”
The MP joined the cast on Wednesday after facing much criticism over his decision from the public and fellow politicians.
The public voted for Hancock and Culture Club’s Boy George to take part in the Bushtucker trial, marking the politician’s third consecutive challenge since arriving in camp on Wednesday with comedian Seann Walsh.
Sitting opposite each other at a Mexican-themed jungle cafe called La Cucaracha Cafe, meaning The Cockroach Cafe in English, Hancock first faced a fish-eye taco which he said tasted “very fishy”.
Hancock had to drink an entire glass of blended meal worms accompanied with a witchetty grub garnish – which he described as “absolutely disgusting” branding the texture “horrible”.
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The Tory MP said eating the tip of a camel’s penis was “soft and crunchy”, and described the thought of eating a sheep’s vagina as “disgusting”.
After being served a cow’s anus, he added: “The texture’s terrible and all the time you’re thinking about what you’re eating. I don’t recommend it as a main course.”
Co-host Ant McPartlin joked: “We’ll take it off the menu, thank you for that.”
For the final star, Hancock had to eat a cockroaches and blended cockroach dip.
Ukrainians flags have been flown in the key city of Kherson after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion in February.
Video footage posted to social media showed the yellow-and-blue national flag being raised at the regional administration building.
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An EU flag was also visible in the pictures as Ukrainian troops were greeted by joyous residents in the centre of Kherson on Friday.
Dozens of Ukrainians have been filmed cheering and chanting victory slogans in Kherson’s central square, where the apparent first Ukrainian troops to arrive snapped selfies in the crowd at the end of more than eight months of occupation.
Ukraine’s defence intelligence agency said Kherson was returning to Ukrainian control and ordered any remaining Russian troops to surrender to Ukrainian forces entering the city.
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People in Kherson wave Ukrainian flags and shout “Glory to Ukraine!” as they wait for Ukrainian forces to enter the city.
As of Nov. 11, Russian forces have completely withdrawn from the west bank of the Dnipro River where the city of Kherson sits, said Russia’s DM. pic.twitter.com/iu0kUGfMg5
The Battle of Kherson is a decisive Ukrainian victory. And note it that the city is not ruined. This is how a true army of liberation fights the war — in a smart way.
“Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes! Glory to the nation!” one man shouted in another video.
Russia said it had withdrawn 30,000 troops across the Dnipro River without losing a single soldier, but Ukrainians painted a picture of a chaotic retreat, with Russian troops ditching their uniforms, abandoning weapons and drowning while trying to flee.
Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian officials have not confirmed the city was back in Ukrainian hands.
A spokesperson for Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said “an operation to liberate Kherson” and the surrounding region of the same name was underway.
“It will be possible to talk about establishing Ukrainian control over the city only after an official report by the general staff” of the Ukrainian army, Andriy Yusov told The Associated Press.
Ukrainian intelligence urged Russian soldiers who might still be in the city to surrender in anticipation of Ukrainian forces arriving. “Your command left you to the mercy of fate,” it said in a statement. “Your commanders urge you to change into civilian clothes and try to escape from Kherson on your own. Obviously, you won’t be able to.”
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The final Russian withdrawal came six weeks after Russian president Vladimir Putin illegally annexed the Kherson region and three other Ukrainian provinces, vowing they would remain Russian forever.
Moscow’s forces still control about 70% of the Kherson region following the pullback ordered amid a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The Kremlin remained defiant on Friday, insisting the withdrawal in no way represented an embarrassment for Putin. Moscow continues to view the entire Kherson region as part of Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Ukrainian officials were wary of the Russian pullback announced this week, fearing their soldiers could get drawn into an ambush in Kherson city, which had a prewar population of 280,000. Military analysts also had predicted it would take Russia’s military at least a week to complete the troop withdrawal.
Kwasi Kwarteng has revealed he told Liz Truss to “slow down” with her radical economic agenda as the ex-prime minister was moving at “breakneck speed” after the disastrous mini-budget.
In his first interview since his ousting, the ex-chancellor says he warned her of being out of No 10 within “two months”.
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The “slow down” claim is likely to raise eyebrows as two days after the mini-budget – which included plans to scrap the 45p income tax rate paid by the highest earners, cut stamp duty, reverse the rise in national insurance and cancel a planned rise in corporation tax – he told the BBC there was “more to come”.
Kwarteng also criticised the then-prime minister’s “mad” decision to sack him for implementing her tax-cutting agenda.
Truss ended up resigning after only 44 days in office, with her economic measures swiftly ripped up by new chancellor Jeremy Hunt and her successor in No 10, Rishi Sunak.
Kwarteng refused to apologise for the financial turmoil unleashed by his and Truss’s disastrous mini-budget, but acknowledged “there was turbulence and I regret that”.
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He said the “strategic goal was right”, but “I think we should have had a much more measured approach”.
He said he bore “some responsibility” for the timetable of the mini-budget, but that Truss “was very much of the view that we needed to move things fast”.
“But I think it was too quick,” he added.
“Even after the mini budget we were going at breakneck speed. And I said, ‘You know, we should slow down, slow down’.”
“She said, ‘Well, I’ve only got two years’ and I said, ‘You will have two months if you carry on like this’. And I’m afraid that’s what happened.”
EXCLUSIVE: Former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng reveals that he urged Liz Truss to “slow down” her economic plan, but she ignored him.
“She said ‘I’ve only got two years’ and I said, you’ll have two months if you carry on like this.”
On September 23, Kwarteng announced the biggest raft of tax cuts for half a century.
The mini-budget triggered turbulence in the financial markets, sending the pound tumbling and forcing the Bank of England’s intervention.
Asked if he wanted to say sorry to the people facing extra costs in re-mortgaging, Kwarteng said: “I don’t want to relive the past.”
He added: “I do feel sorry, actually, for the people who are going through this difficult time in terms of re-mortgaging.
“I’m not going to wash my hands of what we did, I think the strategic goals (were) the right thing, but as it said, the delivery and implementation, there was no real tactical plan, there was no real timetable for it and I think we should have done that.”
The ex-chancellor said he first learned of his firing via a tweet as he travelled to a meeting with Truss in Downing Street.
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“I can’t remember whether she was actually shedding tears but she was very emotional,” he said.
Describing his thinking at that moment, he said: “This is mad. Prime ministers don’t get rid of chancellors.
“I think I said to her at the time, ‘This is going to last three or four weeks’.
“Little did I know it was only going to be six days.”
Kwarteng added: “She can’t fire me for just implementing what she campaigned on. And, you know, we had a conversation.
“And I think it was very much the view that somehow she would survive if I took the fall on that.”
Matt Hancock’s excuse for breaking his own Covid rules has been called out on the latest episode of I’m A Celebrity.
The Tory MP, 44, was forced to quit as health secretary in June 2021 after breaking coronavirus social distancing rules by having an affair in his ministerial office with aide Gina Coladangelo.
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The West Suffolk MP joined the cast of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! on Wednesday, entering the camp with comedian Seann Walsh after facing much criticism over his decision from the public and fellow politicians.
Speaking to comedian Babatunde Aleshe, Hancock discussed how his life had changed after his affair became public.
“It was really tough,” he said.
“I messed up and I fessed up. I resigned and it’s no excuse but I fell in love, right? That also had a lot of other consequences obviously.”
Referring to the leaked CCTV footage that proved the relationship, Aleshe responded, “You didn’t just ‘fell in love’ you were grabbing booty bruv”, to which Hancock responded “oh give over”.
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Asked whether he was still with Coladangelo, he replied: “With Gina? Yeah very much so, yeah, totally.
“That’ll be the best thing about being kicked out, seeing her on the bridge.”
Asked about his resignation by his campmates on Thursday’s episode, Hancock said he had resigned because he understood how people felt about him.
TV presenter and property expert Scarlette Douglas told him as they did chores around the camp: “I want to say this morning as I don’t like to leave things in…
“A lot of things that happened with you during the times, which does make it difficult because people are angry and upset – emotions are running high.
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“We are not going to ever exclude anyone. We want to make sure that everyone’s a family, but if it does feel tough for the first few days, I’m sure you understand why.”
Hancock replied: “That’s very good of you to say that.”
Douglas continued: “It was hard. A lot of people had difficult times.
“And then to see that people that had kind of set the rules had then broken them, I think was a big slap in the face for everyone.”
Hancock replied: “Look, I know how people felt. That’s why I resigned, right? I know how people felt and so good on you for saying that, thank you.”
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The Sun newspaper with the story and pictures of Matt Hancock appearing to kiss his adviser Gina Coladangelo.
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The episode also saw Hancock take part in the latest Bushtucker Trial, Tentacles of Terror, in which he was trapped inside a octopus-shaped cage full of underwater critters.
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The MP was tasked with collecting 11 numbered stars in order as the structure was lowered into the water, managing to do so and winning full rations for the camp.
As he began his trial, co-host Ant McPartlin asked him: “You must have met a few snakes in your time in Westminster.”
As Hancock made his way back to the camp, comedian Walsh and soap star Sue Cleaver discussed his decision to enter the Australian jungle.
Defending him, Walsh said: “That man will have a very different account of what he did to what we all think happened and there will be reasons.
“I’m not justifying anything that that guy did or certainly what that government… the decisions they’ve made, but f*** being in his job when that was going on.”
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Cleaver replied: “I totally, totally agree with you, but the choice after everything that happened and the impact on everybody at home and families and people in homes to make a choice to come into I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! does not sit well with me.
“He’s got constituents back at home, he’s a serving member of parliament.”
Patrick Thelwell, 23, has spoken to the media after being released on bail by North Yorkshire Police following the incident at Micklegate Bar, York, on Wednesday.
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He told The Mirror his bail conditions included not going within 500m of the King and not possessing eggs in a public place, which he claimed to have had amended so he could do his groceries. It means he must have a receipt for the eggs.
In an interview with Jezebel, he said: “They thought about (it) and said, actually that’s a bit harsh, what happens if he wants to eat some eggs?”
The royal couple had just arrived in the city to unveil a statue in honour of the late Queen at York Minster when a figure in the crowd threw four eggs, all of which missed.
The man was heard to shout “this country was built on the blood of slaves” as he was detained by police.
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People in the crowd booed him and shouted, “God save the King”.
North Yorkshire Police said a 23-year-old arrested on suspicion of a public order offence had been interviewed and has now been bailed.
Thelwell said the crowd around him reacted with “pure rage”.
He added he did not believe in kings and said everyone should be treated equally and his protest was about the state of the country and its “descent into fascism”.
Thelwell told The Mirror: “After I was arrested the experience of that crowd, literally screaming and wailing with pure rage.
“Saying that my head should be on a spike, that I should be murdered on the spot.
“It doesn’t phase me because I understand what fascism is, what it looks like.
“People were ripping chunks of my hair out, they were spitting at me.
“People lost their minds.”
Thelwell told the newspaper he has received death threats.
The University of York later said it was “appalled” by the images and will consider misconduct proceedings.
Donald Trump is apparently not in good spirits after Tuesday night’s midterm upset.
According to CNN’s Jim Acosta, an aide to the former president said he was “livid” and “screaming at everyone” on Wednesday after what Republicans hyped up to be a red tsunami turned out to be more of a ripple. As of Wednesday afternoon, Republicans appeared poised to win control of the House, but the fate of the Senate still hung in the balance.
And though Trump wasn’t on the ballot, more than one-morning headline dubbed him the election’s biggest loser. Democrats outperformed Republican nominees he endorsed, and voters largely rejected candidates who parroted his election-denying rhetoric.
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To add fuel to the fire, Florida governor Ron DeSantis ― Trump’s likely rival for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 ― won reelection convincingly, despite attacks and threats from Trump.
According to Acosta, a Trump aide said Trump’s handpicked contenders were “all bad candidates”.
Trump on Monday said he planned to make a “very big announcement” on November 15, widely expected to be news that he is mounting another bid for the White House. However, amid fallout and finger-pointing over the disappointing election results, some Republicans have suggested Trump should delay it.
The aide told Acosta it’s unlikely Trump would do so because it’s “too humiliating to delay”, but there are too many unknowns at this point.
Trump was fuming, in particular, over the loss of Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania to Democrat John Fetterman, The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reported. He reportedly blamed anyone who advised him to support the celebrity physician, including his wife, Melania Trump.
Matt Hancock’s justification for taking part in I’m a Celebrity while still a serving politician has prompted an amazing reaction from campmate Charlene White.
The former Tory health secretary made his first appearance in the jungle on Monday night, much to the bemusement of stars on the show, as he suggested he was only there because there is now “stability” in UK politics.
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Before joining the ITV programme, the West Suffolk MP had come under fire for his decision to travel to Australia, especially since parliament is still sitting.
At one point, he was challenged by White, a journalist and TV presenter, about the move.
“Why are you here?,” she asked.
Hancock replied earnestly: “There are so few ways in which politicians can show that we are human beings.”
White then shot a look – in silence – that spoke volumes.
Charlene White: “Why are you here?” Matt Hancock: “There are so few ways in which politicians can show that we are human beings.” *Charlene White does a stare for a nation* pic.twitter.com/vMsJnNacIS
She continued to press Hancock on the public reaction to his decision.
Hancock had told White: “If I can use this to sort of peel myself back a bit and just be me, it’s better.”
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She replied: “But I can imagine it would not have gone down well at all at home? You have to expect that because parliament is still sitting, we’re not in recess, you know…?”
He told her: “I genuinely think that because we’ve now got sort of stability, that is…”
White said: “We’ve had stability for all of five minutes, Matt.”
Hancock replied: “Rishi’s great, he’ll be fine.”
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When Matt Hancock says he wants to show politicians are “human beings”.
Asked by White if he could understand if people were not happy about his appearance, he said: “I understand that but I also.. of course I get that, right. But I also just think that sometimes you’ve got to do things differently.”
Prime minister Rishi Sunak was among those to join the criticism of Hancock, who had the Conservative Party whip removed following the announcement that he would be participating.
The prime minister said he was “very disappointed” in the MP’s decision.
So is Donald Trump an election liability? That was the question being posed by Republicans on Wednesday as the dust settled on a disappointing set of US mid-term election results.
A triumphant Republican “red wave” was predicted thanks to the traditional beating the party of the sitting president is handed down, allied to stubbornly-high inflation hitting voters in the pocket and Joe Biden’s grim approval ratings. In the event, the wave was more of a ripple.
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While the final numbers might not be known for weeks, the fact remains that Biden’s Democrats could actually maintain a voting majority in the Senate, and control of the House is still not declared, as victories in key governors’ races were celebrated.It was not supposed to be this way.
US midterm election results as at 8am GMT November 9 2022. Infographic from PA Graphics.
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The Republican post-mortem began with the part Trump played, and the conspiracy-laden politics he has inspired and supported. The ex-president gave his full-throated endorsement to nearly 40 candidates, many who championed his Make America Great Again agenda, including the discredited theory that the 2020 election was compromised by fraud. Many under-performed – as evidenced by the “split-ticket” voting that saw more moderate Republicans in the same states do markedly better than Trump acolytes.
“Every Republican in America this morning is waking up sick to their stomach,” said Republican strategist David Urban, a former Trump advisor. “Live by Trump, die by Trump.”
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How did Trump’s endorsements work out?
Trump’s influence on the vote goes back further than taking the stage with his favourites. He went against the wishes of party leaders and picked candidates he felt were the most loyal to him, and there were generally stronger GOP alternatives than the candidates Trump chose.
In New Hampshire, Don Bolduc, a Republican who bought into conspiracy theories, lost to incumbent Democratic Maggie Hassan, setting expectations low for Republicans in other states.
And in Pennsylvania, GOP Senate candidate and former TV host Mehmet Oz lost to Democrat John Fetterman, who is recovering from a stroke, in another blow for a Trump pick. Democrat Josh Shapiro also easily beat Doug Mastriano, a Christian nationalist and extremist election denier who Trump also endorsed, in the race for Pennsylvania governor.
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Donald Trump with Mehmet Oz during a Save America rally in Pennsylvania.
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Trump candidates also fared poorly in House races. In Ohio, Republican JR Majewski, a poorly-vetted candidate who lied about his Air Force experience, lost to longtime Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur. Trump’s blessing helped elevate Majewski in the Republican primary against two state lawmakers who were more likely to beat Kaptur.
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In Michigan, early results showed Democrat Hillary Scholten leading Trump-backed Republican John Gibbs in a district represented by Republican Peter Meijer, who lost a primary to Gibbs after he voted with Republicans to impeach Trump.
There were two bright spots. Republican JD Vance, who advanced out of a GOP primary with Trump’s help, easily won his Senate race in Ohio. Another Trump Senate nominee, Ted Budd, won in North Carolina.
A new Republican hope?
But as Trump-backed candidates flailed, Florida governor Ron DeSantis scored a resounding 20 percentage points victory with his brand of “competent Trumpism”. A tilt at the Republican presidential nomination is now a near certainty. Notably, Trump did not endorse DeSantis and has even begun to troll his potential rival, giving him the nickname “Ron De-sanctimonious”.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate for Florida Ron DeSantis with his wife Casey DeSantis speaks to supporters during an election night watch party at the Convention Center in Tampa, Florida.
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The huge win, coupled with the struggles for Trump-endorsed candidates elsewhere, has already prompted the governor’s many fans in conservative media to hail him one of the bigger winners of this year’s election cycle.
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How has Trump reacted?
Badly, it appears. The New York Times reported Trump was “livid” about the results, with his fury in particular directed at the loss by Oz in Pennsylvania. He blamed people who recommended that he endorsed the TV doctor, including his wife, Melania Trump.
Trump is indeed furious this morning, particularly about Mehmet Oz, and is blaming everyone who advised him to back Oz — including his wife, describing it as not her best decision, according to people close to him.
There are people pushing Trump to reschedule his announcement next week, and several Rs have texted asking whether he will, but it’s risky and would be acknowledging he’s wounded by yesterday, something that some of his advisers insist is not the case
Worth remembering that Trump is a grown man who endorsed Oz over the objection of some of the people closest to him, and instead went beyond just endorsing and attacked Dave McCormick from the stage at a rally.
In seems unlikely, though, that Trump will shuffle off into the shadows as a result of ballot. Trump is arguably still the most powerful figure in his party, and next Tuesday he has promised a “major” announcement, which seems likely to be the confirmation he intends to run in 2024.
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“I’m going to be making a very big announcement on Tuesday, November 15 at Mar-a-Lago,” Trump said on Monday night before the midterm results.
Perhaps the only thing standing in Trump’s way is his own ego: if he recognises he can’t win either the Republican nomination or the presidential race, perhaps he finds a convenient excuse to avoid being seen as a loser again.
