Rupert Murdoch dumps “biggest loser” Trump
Right-wing billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s media outlets are pleading for the Republican Party to move on from former President Donald Trump after a disappointing midterm showing by the GOP. Murdoch’s outlets — which include Fox News, The New York Post and The Wall Street Journal — have blasted Trump with a barrage of negative headlines while boosting Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the future of the party.
The New York Post, which dubbed the Florida governor “DeFuture” on Wednesday, followed up on Thursday with a brutal cover labeling him “Trumpty Dumpty.” “After three straight national tallies in which either he or his party or both were hammered by the national electorate, it’s time for even his stans to accept the truth: Toxic Trump is the political equivalent of a can of Raid,” columnist John Podhoretz wrote in an accompanying editorial. “What Tuesday night’s results suggest is that Trump is perhaps the most profound vote-repellant in modern American history. The surest way to lose in these midterms was to be a politician endorsed by Trump. This is not hyperbole.”….
After the truth-shower 