Trump blames shutdown as Democrats win governorships | JQJO

President Trump blamed the ongoing government shutdown for Republicans’ losses in New Jersey and Virginia, saying unnamed pollsters saw it as a major drag. He noted he wasn’t on the ballot. Later in Miami, he castigated New York Democrats and framed politics as “communism” versus “common sense,” citing Zohran Mamdani’s win despite backing Andrew Cuomo. Democrats Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger won governorships decisively, while polls show waning support for Trump’s agenda. Trump said Democrats sparked the shutdown over health subsidies. Speaker Mike Johnson urged against reading the defeats as a repudiation.