election
Nov
8
2018
Democrats captured the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections, ending unified Republican control of Congress. The victory gave Democrats subpoena power and the ability to launch investigations into the Trump administration. President Trump responded by minimizing the results as insufficient to qualify as a true blue wave. The editorial argues that the incoming oversight represents a substantial check on executive power regardless of how the president frames the electoral outcome.
Nov
8
2018
Democrats captured the House majority in the 2018 midterm elections, ending unified Republican control of Congress. The results reflected voter backlash against the Trump administration and produced a divided government. The cartoon depicts the GOP elephant departing with the House majority and a Trump portrait, questioning the promised red wave and signaling the party's reduced standing.
Nov
7
2018
Nov
7
2018
Democrats captured the House in the 2018 midterms, shifting control of committees and subpoena power to the opposition party. The cartoon frames the incoming oversight agenda as a direct delivery to the president, underscoring the new majority's intent to examine executive actions.
