By Chuck Muth
Conservatives in Merry ol’ Eng-land enjoyed a smashing victory at the polls yesterday, “wiping out Labour strongholds that have stood across Britain since the 1930s, securing as many as 368 seats and giving (Boris) Johnson a majority in the House of Commons of around 76 seats.”
Take a look at these headlines…
—Boris Johnson Secures Historic Blowout Election Win — Daily Beast
—Boris Johnson has won the U.K. election — Market Watch
—Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party set for landslide win in UK election – CNBC
—U.K. election: Boris Johnson wins majority — Washington Post
—Boris Johnson bet the farm on an election, and it paid off big — CNN
—Boris Johnson Secures a Comfortable U.K. Election Win – WSJ
—Labour Party calls Boris Johnson’s projected election victory ‘utterly devastating’ for UK — FOX News
—Boris Johnson set to win a clear majority in U.K. election — NBC
—UK election: Boris Johnson, Conservatives win Parliament — USA Today
—Boris Johnson secures crushing UK election victory – Financial Times
—Boris Johnson’s Conservatives achieve historic landslide election win
— Jerusalem Post
—Conservatives Win Commanding Majority in U.K. Vote — New York Times
—Boris Johnson Wins Decisive Majority in Election That Upends Britain
— Bloomberg
—Boris Johnson leads Tories to historic general election win — The Guardian
—Boris Johnson, Conservatives win UK election over rival Labour Party
— New York Post
I predict next November you’ll be able to substitute “Donald Trump” for “Boris Johnson,” “Republicans” for “Tories,” and “U.S.” for “U.K”
… and the headlines will remain the same. Bully, Boris!
Liberals of a Feather
Democrats have announced a series of four debates in the four early voting states co-hosted by a gaggle of liberal, Trump-hating national and state “fake news” organizations. The Roster of Resistance …
—Iowa: CNN/The Des Moines Register
—New Hampshire: ABC News/WMUR-TV/Apple News
—Nevada: NBC News/MSNBC/The Nevada Independent
—South Carolina: CBS News/the Congressional Black Caucus Institute/Twitter
I’m sure the questioning will be fair and balanced.
Good news: President Trump is considering upsetting yet another political apple cart by blowing off the fake-news-moderated general election debates that have sand-bagged GOP candidates over the past couple of decades.
Just do it.
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Chuck Muth is president of Citizen Outreach, a non-profit public policy grassroots advocacy organization and publisher of NevadaNewsandViews.com. He blogs at MuthsTruths.com.
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