Laura Ingraham asks how many Republicans secretly want to lose Congress

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Laura Ingraham says she believes “a lot of Republicans on the Hill” may secretly be comfortable losing control of Congress.
The Fox News host argued some lawmakers might prefer the minority because they would no longer carry the burden of passing President Trump’s agenda.
Her comments came during a discussion with Larry Kudlow about Republican messaging ahead of the midterms.

Laura Ingraham has a theory about why Republicans aren’t fighting harder to keep control of Congress.

Maybe some of them don’t really want to.

During Thursday night’s “The Ingraham Angle,” the Fox News host was discussing the economy and Republican midterm messaging with former Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow when she questioned why GOP lawmakers weren’t more aggressively promoting economic statistics favorable to the administration.

“Why aren’t Republicans screaming this from the rooftops?!” Ingraham asked.

Kudlow criticized Republicans for failing to adequately sell what he views as Trump’s economic accomplishments.

That’s when Ingraham floated a considerably more provocative explanation.

“But how many Republicans secretly want Trump to lose?” she asked.

Ingraham said she believes there are “a lot of Republicans on the Hill” who might actually welcome losing their majority because it would relieve them of responsibility for advancing Trump’s legislative agenda.

“They’re almost going to be relieved for a little while, at least, to be in the minority,” Ingraham said.

She offered the idea as her explanation for what she sees as Republicans’ failure to go aggressively on offense over the economy.

Ingraham did not identify any Republican lawmakers she believes secretly want their party to lose, and she did not present evidence that GOP members are deliberately trying to surrender their majority.

There is, however, documented anxiety among Republicans about November.

Politico recently reported that some Republican candidates in competitive districts don’t want Trump campaigning with them, with one GOP candidate saying the president “cannot come” to the district because he would not be helpful there.

Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has also reported that Republicans face difficult political conditions heading into November, although redistricting and a relatively small number of competitive House seats complicate the picture.

Ingraham’s theory goes considerably further.

She isn’t merely accusing Republicans of doing a lousy job selling their message.

She’s wondering aloud whether some of them might actually prefer life without the majority.

MY QUICK TAKE

Now there’s a theory Rush would have had some fun with.

Republicans secretly yearning for the peaceful life of the minority — no troublesome bills to pass, no promises to keep, no pesky voters asking what happened to the agenda.

Ingraham didn’t name names, so for now it’s a theory.

But if she’s right, perhaps somebody should remind them that there’s an easier way to avoid the burden of governing.

Don’t run for Congress.