Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley told Newsmax on Friday that the Democrats’ response to President Donald Trump’s speech this week to a joint session of Congress shows that “they are in complete free fall” and are “still trying to find a scapegoat for their loss in 2024.”

“I thought it was a tour de force,” Whatley said of Trump’s speech on “Wake Up America.” “It really was partially a victory lap and partially a call to arms that recognizes that President Trump is moving forward with the agenda that the American people voted on.

“And yes, it’s great to see CBS and CNN and everybody else say that it was a fantastic speech and for people to recognize that the Democrats are in complete free fall right now. They have no ideas. They have nothing that they can push back with other than the antics that we saw on the floor.”

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