A blue wave crashed down on Tuesday’s elections. Democrats swept key races across the country, delivering a stinging rebuke of President Donald Trump’s second term and a burst of momentum heading into next year’s midterm elections. And by Wednesday morning, Trump was rattled.

Over breakfast with Senate Republicans, the president vented about the ongoing government shutdown—now the longest in U.S. history—and blamed it for the GOP’s poor showing at the polls.

“I don’t think it was good for Republicans. I’m not sure it was good for anybody,” he said. “But we had an interesting evening, and we learned a lot, and we’re going to talk about that.”

According to The New York Times, Trump told senators he believed the shutdown had cost Republicans several key races.

“I think if you read the pol

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