💬 the tellers' own words: “Big picture, the Trump era is over.” “Congress is passing nothing” “Does a dead duck need a political operation?” “Does he not realize that he's the lamest of lame ducks?” “Donald Trump is almost done because he's only got two years left.” “Fetterman is going to feel very isolated tonight.” “Fetterman is now utterly irrelevant.” “He's no longer the centerpiece of the Republican identity or their own, you know, personal identity.” “He's sort of faded into the background” “If the Senate does not go for Republicans during these midterm elections, Trump could would be a lame duck president.” “If we lose Texas, Trump's second term is over, basically, because that means we're probably losing the Senate.” “It is the beginning of the end of the Trump era, as we know it.”