"PSAKI: So yeah, it was one of the best nights Democrats have had in a very, very long time. Which kind of begs the question, you're a member of Donald Trump's Republican Party. How do you spin what everyone knows was an absolute thumping of your party? Well, they took different approaches. Little Mike Johnson went with the kind of the denial approach."
"REP. MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: There's no surprises. What happened last night was blue states and blue cities voted blue. We all saw that coming, and no one should read too much into last night's election results. Off year elections are not indicative of what's to come. I don't think the loss last night was any reflection about Republicans at all."
"PSAKI: Okay. I mean, Johnson says that this was just blue states voting blue. Never mind the fact that Democrats won in the Republican controlled state of Virginia, or that these victories stretch deep into red states and small towns pretty much everywhere. So, denial is certainly one way to cope with such a devastating loss, I guess. But at least Mike Johnson didn't try to throw his fellow Republicans under the bus while trying to absolve himself of any blame."
Democrats won decisive, unexpected victories in numerous races, including successes in Republican-controlled Virginia and deep into red states and small towns. President Trump told Senate Republicans that the government shutdown and his absence from the ballot caused the GOP losses. Jen Psaki ridiculed that explanation and highlighted House Speaker Mike Johnson’s denial that the results reflected Republican failures. Johnson insisted off-year elections are not indicative and blamed blue areas voting blue. Psaki called attempts to avoid accountability self-involved and shameless, and emphasized that the losses were widespread rather than confined to blue cities.
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