# Internet Unleashes With Jokes After Democrats Shellack Republicans In Midterms

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/internet-unleashes-with-jokes-after-democrats-shellack-republicans-in-midterms/
- Published: 2026-11-05T14:49:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T15:41:52+00:00
- Original publisher: The Daily Caller (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://dailycaller.com/2026/11/05/michigan-college-republicans-shane-gillis-midterms-twitter-trolling-abbott-wheelchair-pronouns-learning-arabic
- Topics: Elections, Politics

## Key points

- Democrats’ midterm wins sparked a wave of political memes.
- Some posts drew on anti-Muslim stereotypes and disability mockery.
- The jokes targeted candidates and wider cultural debates.

## Summary

Social media users traded jokes and memes after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections, while Republicans posted reactions ranging from resignation to mock alarm. The posts show how election results quickly became material for online political humour, though some also relied on stereotypes or mocked candidates’ disabilities.

Examples included the University of Michigan College Republicans sharing a clip of comedian Shane Gillis saying “Oh, fuck”, and a post about “rev[ving] up” pronouns that drew more than a million views. Other posts referenced Abdul El-Sayed’s election as the country’s first Muslim senator, Vivek Ramaswamy’s unsuccessful governor campaign and Greg Abbott’s defeat; some used anti-Muslim tropes, while memes about Abbott targeted his use of a wheelchair after he was paralysed in 1984.

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