The Week: New Yorkers Prepare for Zohran’s Utopia

• Just when you thought communists couldn’t find something else to ruin, they took the fun out of Andrew Cuomo’s downfall.

• It was hard to find any bright spot for Republicans in a near-comprehensive wipeout on Tuesday. This shouldn’t be overinterpreted, since in the normal course of things Republicans are hard-pressed to win statewide in Virginia and New Jersey—especially in off-year elections when the GOP holds power in Washington—and they have no chance in New York City. But it shouldn’t be ignored, either. Abigail Spanberger’s margin was large enough to pull Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones over the top, despite his history of fantasizing about political violence in texts that were revealed by NR’s own Audrey Fahlberg. It’s true that President Donald Trump wasn’t formally on the ballot—which was his explanation for why the elections went poorly. But Democrats worked ceaselessly to link every Republican to the president, and Trump’s low-40s approval rating in Virginia and New Jersey matched the vote share of the GOP’s gubernatorial candidates. These are bad signs for next year’s congressional midterms.

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• Just when you thought communists couldn’t find something else to ruin, they took the fun out of Andrew Cuomo’s downfall.

• It was hard to find any bright spot for Republicans in a near-comprehensive wipeout on Tuesday. This shouldn’t be overinterpreted, since in the normal course of things Republicans are hard-pressed to win statewide in Virginia and New Jersey—especially in off-year elections when the GOP holds power in Washington—and they have no chance in New York City. But it shouldn’t be ignored, either. Abigail Spanberger’s margin was large enough to pull Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones over the top, despite his history of fantasizing about political violence in texts that were revealed by NR’s own Audrey Fahlberg. It’s true that President Donald Trump wasn’t formally on the ballot—which was his explanation for why the elections went poorly. But Democrats worked ceaselessly to link every Republican to the president, and Trump’s low-40s approval rating in Virginia and New Jersey matched the vote share of the GOP’s gubernatorial candidates. These are bad signs for next year’s congressional midterms.