Disneyland Trip for Dems? Here Are the Worst Moments From ABC’s Post-Election ‘GMA’

As it were a four-year-old at Disneyland or Disney World, ABC’s Good Morning America saw its dreams come true by Wednesday, with Democrats romping to gigantic majorities in Congress and across the country.

They were so excited that they could barely hide it in cheering the “blue tsunami” “crash[ing] overnight” to hand down “a decisive message” of “a resounding rebuke” of Trump’s policies and rancorous “Islamophobia.” They spun all of it as an endorsement of the Democratic agenda, including constant investigations and likely impeachments.

All but the final 42 minutes were about the midterms, so let’s go through some of the worst moments together.

It all started with an ebullient set of opening teases, with co-hosts George Stephanopoulos, Robin Roberts, and Michael Strahan taking turns celebrating their team’s spoils amid a slew of soundbites from winning Democrats.

Stephanopoulos went first: “Breaking news. The blue tsunami. Democrats sweep the country, control Congress. A rebuke of President Trump. Wave crashes overnight.”

He later added an ominous question: “The President responded overnight. What this rebuke means for the final two years of his term: confrontation or cooperation?”

Strahan boasted of the “political earthquake in Texas,” which was followed by Roberts unsurprisingly focusing on diversity of Democrats: “Plus, the historic wins...Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed. Now set to become the first Muslim in the Senate. Plus the first Black woman ever elected governor...the first openly gay man elected to the Senate. Voters sending a message in those tense races we’ve been watching closely.”

Stephanopoulos formally began the show with a brief commentary: “Two years ago, Donald Trump capped the greatest comeback in American political history. This morning, the backlash: historic wins for Democrats across the country at every level of government. President Trump told voters to pretend he was on the ballot, and they did, delivering a decisive message.”

So, “backlash” is good when Democrats win, but it’s racist when Republicans win?

Having had to endure years as the Biden regime’s apple polisher, chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce celebrated these big wins for her side as “a blowout” and “blue wave crashing through Republican strongholds” for “a resounding rebuke” of Trump.

Zipping through the Democratic sweep from coast to coast, Bruce boasted Michigan socialist Abdul el-Sayed won the Senate race even though the President had “launched Islamophobic attacks on his faith.”

Bruce loved that line so much she brought it back in the second hour for a condensed recap.

But pulling back out at the end of her piece, Bruce touted the “massive defeat for President Trump” and left both him and his “movement...greatly diminished.” Even though he said he “wasn’t on the ballot,” she asserted “his policies were, and voters resoundingly rejected them, from his tariffs to the war with Iran and its impact on gas prices.”

Fellow Trump hater Rachel Scott operated ABC’s big board, meaning she could show viewers how “we’re not just talking about a big wave,” but “a seismic political earthquake” and mid-decade Republican redistricting that “completely backfired.” 

Scott left out how the Newsom-mander in California was a massive success, leaving Republicans with only four seats out of 52. 

After showing the exit polls on the economy, amateur pundit Michael Strahan replied, “You said voters wanted to send a powerful message. The message was sent, but you have to see if it was received.”

This led into a series of state-by-state reports, with ABC correspondents celebrating their preferred outcome. It started with 20/20 co-host Deborah Roberts gushing over Annie Andrews winning the South Carolina Senate race as a state “ready to turn the page” in favor of Democratic policies and “messages of affordability and lower health care costs.”

Following correspondent Will Reeve celebrating the victory of cousin-kisser Troy Jackson in Maine, Nightline co-host JuJu Chang heralded el-Sayed’s Michigan win as an “unapologetic progressive” triumph over the GOP’s “harsh attacks of Islamophobic — ads” and charges of ties to Islamists “which, of course, he denied.”

GMA loved the Muslim Brotherhood supporter’s victory so much they had Chang return in the second hour to double down on the “Islamophobic attack ads.”

The second half-hour commenced with more state reports, beginning with Atlanta-based correspondent Steve Osunsami, who was still smiling after he could barely contain his support Tuesday night for the Democratic wave, down to tying Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms to MLK (click “expand”):

I’ve lived in this state for nearly 30 years and, up until now, Republicans have controlled every level of state government. And none of the races decided overnight were even close. Senator Jon Ossoff beat Congressman Mike Collins by more than 750,000 votes. And now there’s going to be even more talk about him running for president. No question Ossoff helped everyone down-ballot, including our new governor-to-be, Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, who beat a billionaire who outspent her with his own money. The history she makes cannot be underlined enough in a Southern state where her ancestors were enslaved; she becomes the governor at a state house that sits only a few miles from the birthplace of Martin Luther King. She becomes the first Black woman governor in the history of this country. Democrats swept statewide offices here, and now, eight Black women will be the top authorities in the state of Georgia. On top of that, our U.S. Senators are Jewish and Black. There are many this morning who would say that all of this makes Georgia blue[.] 

Correspondent Stephanie Ramos followed a live shot from Matt Rivers in Ohio. Ramos heralded the “historic win for Kansas” as Democrat Adam Hamilton crushed incumbent Republican Senator Roger Marshall, and gushed the Methodist pastor “Hamilton tapped into frustration over tariffs and their impact on farmers...but his central message was about finding common ground and bringing decency back to Washington.”

“Last night, he promised he’d become best friends with Kansas Republican Senator Jerry Moran and quoted Scripture, as he often did on the campaign trail. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And now he will have an opportunity to take that message to Washington,” she said.

The mask came off after a break when four-time anti-Trump author Jonathan Karl strategized about the impending near-constant focus of the Democratic Congress on impeachments and investigations of the Trump administration and family (click “expand”):

Look, this election was, in large part, a repudiation of Donald Trump and of a Congress that had done nothing to hold him accountable. So, as the votes were coming in on Election Day, Chuck Schumer told me the Democrats will fight Trump tooth and nail. In fact, you’re going to see this happening even before the new Congress is sworn in. There is already an impeachment resolution of Pete Hegseth that was filed by a Republican by Thomas Massie. I expect you’re going to see action on that. Perhaps not impeachment, but action on that immediately. And, look, every one of these committees in Congress, House and Senate will now be controlled by a Democrat, most of whom see as one of their primary jobs is to holding this administration accountable. Now, that said, they didn’t get elected to impeach Trump. They didn’t get elected to hold hearings, investigative hearings. They will be under pressure to try to get something done, and no fewer than three incoming senators that I spoke to during this campaign from red states — Talarico in Texas, Adam Hamilton in Kansas and Josh Turek in Iowa — told me that they would and believed they could work with Donald Trump if elected to the Senate.

Moments later, a gleeful Stephanopoulos gave his two cents: “Corruption another big theme for the Democrats. Incoming House chairman last night said his message to White House staffers, allies of President Trump, others involved in perceived corruption: ‘Lawyer up.’”

Karl swooned it’s “already” happening, even though “Trump retains tremendous power.”

It wouldn’t be a proper post-election show without a segment getting hot and bothered over the diversity of Democratic candidates. Watch as Scott only footnoted the win of Byron Donalds in the Florida governorship (click “expand”):

SAM CHAMPION: With voters making history all around the country overnight, let’s bring in senior political correspondent Rachel Scott with the first big things of the night. All a night of firsts, Rachel.

SCOTT: Historic night of firsts for both parties. And I want to start here with governors because for the first time in U.S. history, next year, there will be five governors, all serving at the same time. So, in Florida, Republican Byron Donalds elected as that state’s first Black governor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, winning there as governor in the state of Georgia. She is the first woman — Black woman to be elected governor in the United States. David Crowley there in Wisconsin and over in Nevada, Aaron Ford. This trend starts to continue. I mean, take a look at this Texas — Texas electing its first Latina governor. And then there, Amy Acton becoming the first woman elected governor of Ohio, Deb Haaland becoming the first female Indigenous governor, and then Xavier Becerra out in California, the first elected Latino governor. Over to the Senate now, two historic. First to note, Chris Pappas, the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate, and then Abdul El-Sayed becoming the first Muslim senator in U.S. history. An extraordinary night of firsts for all of these candidates, from both parties. Something to celebrate on both sides this morning.

STRAHAN: Mmmm!

ROBIN ROBERTS: So much history. Congratulations to them all.

To see the relevant transcript from November 4, click here.