EDITORIAL: Midterm vote about future, not the past
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There are lessons we can take from the U.S. midterm elections this week. While you can never count out Donald Trump, the message voters sent in his home state of Florida was clear: Ron DeSantis is their man. He was re-elected governor in that state, crushing his Democratic rival and making vital inroads into the crucial Latino vote in Miami.
Despite sabre rattling from Trump about unsavoury truths he’ll leak on DeSantis, it’s hard to see the Republican Party rallying around the former president. A slew of candidates he backed went down to defeat. Most notable was TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, who lost a bid for a Senate seat to John Fetterman. In the same state, Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate Sen. Doug Mastriano was defeated by Democratic Attorney-General Josh Shapiro.
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While President Joe Biden is heaving a sigh of relief, he can’t claim victory. Polls had predicted a red tsunami of Republicans would sweep aside Democrats. That turned into a trickle, but it’s still a knife edge balance in Congress.
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No doubt emboldened by this result, Biden will run again in 2024. That would be a mistake. Democrats lost seats. Biden looks weak and at times confused. He’s yesterday’s man. Pitted against a young and energetic Republican rival such as DeSantis, he will not fare well.
Younger voters turned out in large numbers, possibly as a result of the overturn of the Roe vs. Wade court decision that allowed several states to change abortion laws.
The midterms will have little impact on Canada. Biden is no friend of this country. He hasn’t managed to make his way north of the border to visit his country’s oldest ally and biggest trading partner. His first act upon becoming president was to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline. His actions show his complete disregard for this country.
The biggest winner in the midterms is Ukraine. Trump supporters had expressed a desire to stop the flow of U.S. arms to that country. That shows a naive understanding of the world order. Ukrainians are valiantly fighting a proxy war against Russia on behalf of the West.
We stop arming them at our peril.
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