Konstantin Kisin wants those who are shocked by Trump’s seismic comeback win, don’t be. For those who didn’t see this coming, Kisin explains why. 1. Americans love their country and want it to be the best in the world. America is a nation of people who conquered a continent. They love strength. They love winning. […] The post You Would Have Seen 11/5/24 Coming If You Understood Americans appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

North Carolina was one of the seven swing states in 2024 – and the first to be declared for President-elect Donald Trump. Previously, The Daily Wire laid out everything you needed to know about the Tar Heel State heading into the election, so how did things play out? Polling vs. Final Result When President Joe Biden was the nominee, Trump polled with a 5-6 point lead in the state, but once Vice President Kamala Harris became the nominee, polling narrowed to give Trump just a 1.5 point lead. With more than 95% of precincts reporting, Trump won the state by 3.4 percentage points, more than double what polling projected he would win by. The Counties We Watched Harris underperformed Biden’s 2020 totals in Mecklenburg County, the metro area around Charlotte; Wake County, the metro area around Raleigh; and New Hanover County, which contains the port city of Wilmington. Biden won Mecklenburg County by 35.1 percentage points in 2020, but Harris won it by 32.8 percentage points. In Wake County, Biden carried the state by 26.5 percentage points in 2020, while Harris won it by 25.5 percentage points. There were no major drops, to be sure, but the data suggests that enthusiasm for Harris was not as high in 2024 as it was for Biden in 2020. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ It should be noted that Harris won Wake and Mecklenburg counties by larger margins than Hillary Clinton won in 2016 or former President Barack Obama won in 2012. Neither Obama nor Clinton won North Carolina in 2012 or 2016. Biden also failed to win the state in 2020. The third county, New Hanover, voted for the Republican presidential candidate in 2012 (Mitt Romney) and 2016 (Trump) but voted for Biden by 2.2 percentage points in 2020. On Tuesday, Harris won the county by 0.3 percentage points – and that’s with the influx of residents who moved to North Carolina from blue states during the COVID pandemic. How Other Candidates Fared As expected, Democrat Josh Stein won the governor’s race by double digits over Republican challenger Mark Robinson, who was relentlessly attacked for his comments about abortion. Another hot race was the U.S. House of Representatives battle between incumbent Don Davis, a Democrat, and GOP challenger Laurie Buckhout. Davis was expected to retain his seat in his first term as a congressman – and he did. Lest one think Republicans did poorly in the state other than Trump, the Tar Heel State voted for Judge Jefferson Griffin to the state Supreme Court. Griffin ran an ad that included a prominent image of a Daily Wire article about a trans-identifying male athlete injuring female volleyball players. Republicans were also elected statewide to positions related to money, like treasurer and auditor. Democrat Jeff Jackson, however, won the attorney general race. Key Ballot Measures There was only one statewide ballot measure on Tuesday: an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote. It won overwhelmingly, with 77.59% of voters approving the measure.

In the wake of the GOP clinching control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, the contentious leader who will have to vacate his job after Trump’s inauguration, suddenly pleaded for bipartisanship. “As we await the final tallies in elections across the country, Senate Democrats remain committed to our values and to working with our Republican colleagues to deliver for the American people,” Schumer stated on X. “As I’ve said time and again, in both the majority and the minority, the only way to get things done in the Senate is through bipartisan legislation while maintaining our principles — and the next two years will be no different.” As I’ve said time and again, in both the majority and the minority, the only way to get things done in the Senate is through bipartisan legislation while maintaining our principles — and the next two years will be no different. — Chuck Schumer (@chuckschumer) November 6, 2024 Schumer speaking of bipartisanship and “principles” is ironic considering his penchant for disdain toward Republicans. As recently as September, he indicated he would not permit the Senate to even consider a short-term spending measure wedded to an election integrity bill proposed by the House GOP. “As I have said before, the only way to get things done is in a bipartisan way,” Schumer said. “Despite Republican bluster, that is how we’ve handled every funding bill in the past, and this time should be no exception. We will not let poison pills or Republican extremism put funding for critical programs at risk.” Schumer attacked House Speaker Mike Johnson, accusing him of being partisan as the House passed the SAVE Act, stating, “If Speaker Johnson drives House Republicans down this highly partisan path, the odds of a shutdown go way up.” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) fired back that Schumer “thinks that preventing illegal immigrants from voting is ‘Republican extremism.’ That means that every Democrat supports allowing illegal immigrants to vote. This is insane, a threat to democracy and must be fixed by passing the SAVE Act.” In November 2023, the month after the Hamas massacre of over 1200 Israelis, Schumer announced that the Democrat-controlled Senate would not consider the GOP-controlled House’s proposal to send aid to Israel that would offset the costs by cutting the same funds allotted to the Internal Revenue Service. “Let me be clear: The Senate will not take up the House GOP’s deeply flawed proposal,” Schumer said on X. “Instead we will work on our own bipartisan emergency aid package that includes funding for aid to Israel, Ukraine, humanitarian aid including for Gaza, and competition with the Chinese Government.” Schumer blustered that the GOP proposal “balloons the federal deficit by billions.” Johnson retorted, “Only in Washington when you cut spending do they call it an increase in the deficit.” In September 2022, Schumer cursed Republicans who opposed President Biden’s White House’s student debt forgiveness plan. “Those damn Republicans!” Schumer raged. “They are bellyaching, you know, when anyone helps regular people. When they give tax cuts to the rich, they say they’re helping the middle class. When we help the middle class, they say we’re helping the rich.” “They only want to help the rich,” Schumer continued. “The reason they don’t like this … this might mean their rich friends might have to pay a little more in taxes. Disgraceful, disgraceful, disgraceful.” In January 2022, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) blasted Schumer’s (D-NY) plan to change the chamber’s rules, arguing the effort is “a threat to our Republic.” “Schumer’s threat to change the rules of the Senate unless he gets his way is not just a temper tantrum; it is a threat to our Republic. For over two centuries, the Senate is the one place in our government where minority opinions have a voice, unless Senator Schumer gets his way,” Lankford stated. “In 2017, 32 Senate Democrats signed a letter saying that the filibuster should not change—27 of those Democrats are still in the Senate. Now that they are in power, they want to do whatever it takes to pass their progressive legislative agenda by changing the historic rules of our Republic,” he added. In March 2020, Schumer threatened conservative members of the Supreme Court for considering abortion rights cases, shouting at an abortion rights rally: Inside the walls of this court, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments, as you know, for the first major abortion rights cases since Justice Kavanaugh and Justice Gorsuch came to the bench. … I want to tell you Gorsuch, I want to tell you Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), who was critically injured when shot by a Bernie Sanders supporter, called Schumer’s comments “unhinged … This rhetoric has dangerous consequences.” ? UNHINGED → Schumer threatened conservative justices Kavanaugh & Gorsuch on the steps of the Supreme Court: "You have released the whirlwind & you will pay the price. You won't know what hit you." Enough. This rhetoric has dangerous consequences. Where's the media outrage? pic.twitter.com/SiGNHxG0iX — Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) March 4, 2020 Perhaps Schumer simply has trouble with verbiage; after all, he did say Donald Trump incited an “erection” on January 6, 2021. I regret to inform you that Chuck Schumer just said ‘erection’ instead of ‘insurrection’ on the Senate floor pic.twitter.com/U5xRRnkaQg — Dave Jamieson (@jamieson) January 22, 2021 Bloomberg’s Robert George commented, “So, on the Senate floor, Chuck Schumer just said that senators must decide if ‘Donald John Trump incited the erection, uh, insurrection…’ Well, it WAS an uprising!” So, on the Senate floor, Chuck Schumer just said that senators must decide if "Donald John Trump incited the erection, uh, insurrection…" Well, it WAS an uprising! — Rob GobbleGobblin' (@RobGeorge) January 22, 2021