Tonight’s blowout is a reckoning for a spineless and unprincipled GOP

The American people don’t like clearance rack fascism. Who knew?

Texas — Texas! — has gone blue. As of Tuesday night, seven Senate seats have been flipped, and Democrats are set to control the House of Representatives.

War, tariffs, corruption, chaotic immigration raids and outright racism have defined the return of Donald Trump to the White House.

Instead of fighting inflation, the president imposed tariffs.

Instead of draining the swamp, the Trump administration has become the pinnacle of American political corruption.

Instead of defending free markets, the Republican Party has openly embraced cronyism and state socialism.

Instead of fiscal responsibility, the Republicans brought $2 trillion budget deficits.

Instead of promoting merit, the president surrounded himself with conspiracy theorists and incompetents like Laura Loomer, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Pete Hegseth and many more.

Instead of putting America first, the president put Israel first and waged a frivolous, unauthorized war on Iran.

The worst instincts and tendencies of the president were all enabled by spineless members of Congress and mindless cheerleaders in the right-wing press.

With this rebuke, the Democrats have an obligation to truly check this abusive president, to investigate the activities and wrongdoings of this administration, and to obstruct, when necessary, this runaway president.

Will Republicans snap out of their current state and reject Trumpism? Any Republican of any seriousness should.

While it’s never been clear to me how much Republicans ever actually believed these things, perhaps Republicans should try embracing ideas like limited government and free markets, and maybe even try reading the United States Constitution.

Sal Rodriguez can be reached at salrodriguez@scng.com