Introduction

Republicans did win the House, but just barely. They secured the 218th seat on November 16th. It was not a red wave. So I think in part, we can thank the Supreme Court for the results. Everywhere that abortion was on the ballot, voters came out in big numbers to protect abortion rights. That was critical in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan. And another big factor was the high turnout in battleground states to defeat a lot of anti-democratic candidates that supported Trump's big lie that the 2020 election was stolen. The country is still politically polarized. But Roman, I have a question for you: Have you ever eaten for a grout? He doesn't think so now.