Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair and North Carolina Senate candidate Michael Whatley said Friday morning that Democrats have “learned absolutely nothing” from their significant losses in the 2024 election cycle.
“Well, the Democrats have learned absolutely nothing coming out of 2024. They have doubled down on the same failed agenda that they ran,” Whatley told Fox Business. “They are, right now, a party of open borders, inflationary spending, and a weak America.”
“Every single one of their leaders has turned to the left, and they’re taking the party further away from Main Street America,” he noted further, as reported by The Hill.
During President Trump’s second term, the Democratic Party is struggling to regain its footing amid declining poll numbers and efforts to counter the president’s agenda while holding minority status in both the House and Senate.
A mid-July Quinnipiac University national poll found that only 19 percent of Americans approved of the job congressional Democrats are doing, while 72 percent disapproved. Another 10 percent expressed no opinion.
Among Democrats, only 39 percent approved of their party’s performance in Congress, while 52 percent disapproved and 9 percent had no opinion, according to the poll.
Whatley, who jumped into the open race for the North Carolina Senate seat in late July, said Republicans are “faring great” because Trump and GOP lawmakers in both chambers are “delivering every day for Republicans — for all voters, really, across the country.”
“Right now, we’re seeing economic growth, we’re seeing that the border has been secure, we’re seeing that America is respected across the world again,” the RNC boss said.
“President Trump is delivering on every one of his campaign promises, and the Republican leadership in the House and the Senate are making sure that we are getting the votes that we need to get the Trump tax cuts done and strong support for our soldiers and our veterans, as well as securing that southern border,” Whatley continued.
Meanwhile, a wave of bodybuilding-themed videos hit social media last weekend as Democrats try to rebrand themselves as strong and energetic ahead of the 2026 midterms.
The most ridiculed of the bunch? California Congressman Eric Swalwell, who shared a video of himself bench pressing a modest amount of weight while accusing Republicans of covering for President Donald Trump.
“I should be working right now,” Swalwell says in the clip. “I should be at the Capitol. I should be in a suit.”
“Instead, Republicans sent us home because they would rather stand up for Donald Trump than release the Epstein files and stand up for victims.”
The video quickly drew scorn.
“I just want Eric Swalwell to bench more than 135# and Democrats to stop lying. Congress is always out of session in August no matter who is in charge. And yes release the Epstein files but Democrats stop pretending like you suddenly care because you never cared about Epstein while you were in charge the last 4 years!!!” Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said.
“If I was a grown man who could only bench 135, you’d never see it on video unless someone secretly recorded it, and even then I would never admit it was me,” conservative commentator Matt Walsh said.