GOP Senate hopefuls once dismissed as ‘fringe’ by elites are now in positions to win.
Republican outsiders written off by their own party leadership and considered easy pickings by Democrats have defied the odds to make their races highly competitive, with some now tipped to win.
Democrats were so confident that some of these candidates labeled "far-right" or "fringe" by the media wouldn't win that Democrat campaigns and outside groups actually funneled money to them, thinking they'd be easier opponents in a general election than Republican primary hopefuls deemed more moderate or part of the GOP establishment.
You know what's hilarious is I remember trawling through neolib reddit and Twitter and seeing this being hashed out, leftists/socdems/anyone an inch left of center telling them that giving money to GOP idiots wasn't a good strategy and neolibs and DNC lanyards insiting that it was a really good strategy because "no one would EVER vote for them in the general, it'll make us seem so strong in comparison." It's like they dug a pit trap for GOP people and then started walking over it and everyone told them and warned then it wasn't a good idea in the first place and now they're gonna break their legs at the bottom of the pit.