Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know.

Voters across the country resoundingly rejected President Donald Trump and the Republican Party this week, making it clear that Americans have had enough of his extremist agenda less than a year into his second term.

Democrats didn’t just win in safe areas like New York City, but they also won big in swing states like Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Georgia at the top of the ticket and in local elections.

The results raise the question: Why are Trump and the GOP so out of touch with the American people?

In these races, the right resorted to their same old tactics. Republican candidates tried hard in states like Virginia to use attacks o

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