RED RIPPLE So what went wrong? It’s what’s been going wrong for Republicans since 2018: Donald Trump.In the four years he was president, he managed to lose the House, Senate and White House to Democrats. (He also got himself impeached twice and might very well go to jail if charged with any number of crimes multiple bodies are currently investigating.) That lesson should have turned off anyone who can do basic math. In the all-important game of political addition, Trump is a divider, not a multiplier, and he is quite literally a loser.