Trump Goes on Unhinged Tirade as Flailing GOP Turns on Him, Dems Win Senate: A Closer Look

-Democrats will retain control of the Senate after news organizations projected victories for Democratic candidates in Nevada and Arizona, defying all predictions of a red wave and humiliating Republicans, especially Donald Trump, who has been suffering a full-blown collapse now that Republicans are turning against him and blaming him for their party's catastrophic performance. To learn more about this, it's time for "A Closer Look." ♪♪ I don't need to tell you that coming into these midterm elections, Republicans were very confident. They predicted a red wave that would give them control of both the House and the Senate and generate strong repudiation of Joe Biden's presidency.

Some even went so far as to predict a red wave and said it would be much bigger than that. -Look, I think we are going to see an electoral wave. I think it's going to be a tsunami. -Hot only a wave, but a red tsunami. -Not only are we going to see a red wave, we are going to see a red tsunami. We're not going to just see a red wave. We are going to see a tsunami. - "It won't just be a red wave. It will be a red tsunami. In fact, it will be a red monsoon combined with a red hurricane and a red cyclone hovering over the Pacific Ocean, sucking red sharks out of the water and flinging them all over the United States in what can only be described as a red shark." Although I will say that Ted Cruz has the facial hair of a guy who was stranded on a desert island after getting caught in a tsunami.

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s like he's starring in a direct-to-video remake of "Castaway," except that in Cruz's version, Wilson commits suicide after a week. "I didn't need you, Wilson." I have to say, it never gets old watching Ted Cruz get absolutely humiliated. The only person who loves him more than me might be, I don't know, Ted Cruz? It's clearly his calling in life and he's very good at it. Donald Trump spent his entire presidency trying to get Congress to pay for his stupid wall. They could have raised that money in a day if they had Ted Cruz sit in a dunk tank.

Do you know how much they could have brought? There would have been enough money left over for a second, smaller wall to make sure no one got the first wall. Still, while Cruz confidently predicted a red tsunami, his Senate counterpart, Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who was in charge of winning back the Senate for Republicans, was even more specific, claiming that Republicans could end up with up to 55 seats later it was all said and done, and he even named specific states where he thought the Republicans might upset the Democrats. -There are many reasons to believe that we are going to get at least one, but I think we can get four or five seats this year.

If you're a Republican, you want to be a United States Senator, and you want to try to change the direction of the country, this is the year you want to run. Herschel Walker has already beaten Warnock in Georgia, in the polls. Adam Laxalt is already four points ahead of Cortez Masto in Nevada. We'll beat Kelly in Arizona. I think we will win New Hampshire. -Am I crazy to think Republicans could win a Vermont Senate seat in 2022? -You are not crazy. -You know, if you really want to know if you're crazy or not, maybe don't ask Rick Scott. "If you ask me, all of you people on Earth are crazy." Also, in general, when you start a sentence with "Am I crazy?" At Fox News, the answer is almost always yes.

It would be a great title for most of your shows. Although, to be fair, saying the words "I'm crazy" is a good indication that you are, no matter where you say it. For example, right now there's a bunch of Jets fans sitting around saying, "Am I crazy or are we going to win the Super Bowl this year?" And

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, the Jets are good. I do not deny it. But that doesn't mean they're not still the Jets. I told our security guard, Jim, this morning, and then he told me that NBC has a new policy that talent must travel to work in the trunk.

And he also told me "I need to keep my mouth shut, desk boy." I think he's sensitive because he already bought Super Bowl tickets and the green and white face paint. Which isn't professional to wear at work, but obviously... I'm not going to tell you that! Anyway, as you probably already know, none of those predictions came true. Republicans lost all of those races except Georgia, where the race will head to a runoff after Herschel Walker finished second to Raphael Warnock. And now Republicans have also lost the race for control of the Senate after news organizations projected Democratic victories in the key states of Arizona and then Nevada. -Fox News Alert, Democrats will maintain control of the Senate.

Fox News Decision Desk has called the exciting Nevada Senate race for Democrat incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto over Republican challenger Adam Laxalt. That gives Democrats the 50 seats they need to retain majority control. -That? But the space lizard and his friend Sasquatch told me there would be a red tsunami. But man, for the news to come from Fox precisely, they were the ones who told us there would be a red wave in the first place. This is like your meteorologist telling you it's going to rain all weekend and then, after canceling all your plans, telling you that it's actually 75 degrees and sunny, so fold up those umbrellas or, if you don't know how , leave them at the top of the stairs like crazy. "Am I crazy or can I just leave this on the stairs?" Do you remember that?

That's what we here at "Late Night" call a classic video. -Classic video! -Do we have to put the seal on my face? The video is there. Man, I really hope Republicans weren't watching Fox News on Saturday when that call happened. Of course, that's impossible. If you know any Fox News viewers, they're always watching Fox News. I visited my grandmother once and the only way to get her to stop watching Fox News was to change channels on her old TV with a pair of pliers and then bury the remote in the backyard. Oh, but she was clever.

She was there all night digging holes, looking for that remote control. When my grandfather saw her digging a hole through the window "in her backyard, she said, 'Oh, that's not bad at all. Now we have a place to bury her.'" That story is not true. Each of my grandparents died a long time ago. So Democrats have defied the odds and defied history to produce one of the best midterm performances for the party in power in political history. And now that reality has set in, Republicans are furiously pointing fingers at each other, looking for someone to blame.

And honestly, it's fun to watch. -Donald Trump kept saying: "We are going to win so much that we will get tired of winning." I'm tired of losing. I mean, that's all he's ever done. -Donald Trump cost us the president... and the Senate twice in a row. -Our voters did not show up. We don't get the voters. It's a complete disappointment. -We are not a sect. -We didn't think, okay, there is a person who leads our group. -If voters conclude that you are putting your own ego or your own grudges before what is good for the country, they will look elsewhere. -Trump is the past. -Let's not vote for Mitch McConnell for leadership.

He does not deserve to be leader of the majority or the minority. -Josh Hawley tweeted last night: "The old party is dead. Time to bury it. Build something new." -McConnell spent close to $400 million on these Senate candidates. I don't know what happens behind the scenes, but that's a lot of money and we don't get a single seat? So either some of these candidates are garbage or the money is not being spent well. -Oh, I know. Are both. You waste your money and spend it on garbage. Do not feel bad about it. We've all done it before.

Lord knows I took an Ambien and went on eBay, and three days later I get a package with a baseball signed by Lou Gehrig's friend Kevin. Sweet old Kevin. Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks, who was once a big Trump supporter and even spoke at the Capitol on January 6, called Trump "dishonest, disloyal, incompetent and rude," which is true, but Trump didn't show it last week. It was just last week, there were consequences. It's like your nephew telling you today that he has doubts about the future of cryptocurrencies, when you definitely remember that this was his profile photo last month.

I'm looking forward to seeing you at Thanksgiving, Kyle. I guess this year you won't tell me it's a shame NBC pays me in American dollars. Kyle is a lot. Still, it's cool to see them attacking each other like a group of roommates who have a pet mountain lion and now everyone's like, "Has anyone seen Dave?" Also, a quick aside, my favorite part of that montage came next, when Fox host Jesse Watters wondered what happened to all the money Donald Trump raised. -Trump has a huge war chest at Mar-a-Lago. Where did that money go? We do not know. -No, I think we all know that.

It's in his giant coat. "Hey, Mr. Trump, we can't find all the money he raised for Republican candidates." "Well, good luck in your search. I'm going out for a walk." "With that coat? It's like 95 degrees." "But the weather can change. So I'm going to leave my coat on, because I lost my umbrella four years ago." Now, obviously, these results have been especially devastating for Trump, whose candidates hand-picked to deny the election lost nationwide. And Trump was counting on a big sweep for his clown's car of fools and freaks so they could help him regain power. Mo Brooks said earlier this year that "Trump had repeatedly and recently raised the idea of ​​attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election and reinstate him as president.

It was a stunning allegation that would show that Trump not only attempted to subvert the 2020 election while was in office, but is getting promises from his allies to try again if they take power in 2023." Trump actually thought that was possible. How do you think it would work? Does he just believe that Congress can pass a bill that says Joe Biden has to go and then Joe would just do that? Because if we've learned anything about Biden from these midterm results, it's that he's a lot smarter than he lets on. We said it last week. We'll say it again.

Mr. Magoo's Biden part where he forgets where he is or what he is doing could simply be an act to cover up the fact that he is actually a political mastermind. If Trump were really trying to get Biden out of the White House, Biden would probably do something like pretend to get stuck on stage or, you know, trip down the stairs three times in a row. And then he'd say something like, "Excuse me, Donald, could you help me up? I'm a frail old man." And then as soon as Trump shakes Biden's hand, Biden grabs him by the arm and just throws him over his shoulder, puts him in a headlock and says, "I'm going to bend you like an umbrella, bitch." !".

Now... unsurprisingly, with the Republican Party turning against him, Trump is lashing out with a series of absolutely crazy, typo-ridden social media posts. Trump has been attacking fellow Republicans like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, claiming the election was stolen and even insisting there should be a rerun. -Former President Trump is already criticizing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, when possible the two men could face off in the 2024 Republican primaries, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, claiming that he was the one who saved DeSantis' campaign in 2017 and accusing him of lack of loyalty and class. -Trump also weighed in on the midterm results on his Truth Social website: In a post, he claimed that the New Hampshire Republican Senate candidate lost his race for not standing firm and true to the Big Lie. -He said that because Arizona is likely still counting at the end of the week, that must mean they want more time to cheat. -Trump took to Truth Social with a

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, writing in part: "Blake Masters' electron was stolen." He wrote the word "electron" as in a subatomic particle.

Him adding: "Have elections again!" Exclamation point. -How is it possible that he wrote "electron" instead of "election"? I'd say maybe Trump got screwed by autocorrect in that case, but then is it really possible that Trump's autocorrect didn't learn the word "election"? It's literally everything you tweet about (not tweets, whatever they call them on Truth Social): bloops, bleeps, derps? May I suggest brain farts? I think that would be better than saying "a publication." Imagine Wolf Blitzer saying, "The former president with a new brain fart on Truth Social, claiming the electron has been tampered with." Either way, I'm surprised that Trump is able to spell the word "electron" even by accident, since there is no way for him to know what it is. "We all love... we all love Electron, don't we, folks?

He's the bad guy from the Avengers movies, right? 'The Rise of Electron'. One of my favorites of all, of all the eras, it was the Age of the Electron. Trump is reportedly about toannounce that he will run for president again in 2024, but Republicans are already turning against him and each other. Voters once again rejected Trumpism and the MAGA movement, just as they did in 2018 and 2020, and now Democrats have defied history and will control the Senate for the remainder of Biden's first term. Trump is probably at home right now trying to psych himself up, looking in the mirror, telling himself over and over again... -You're not crazy.

This has been "A Closer Look." ♪♪