MARK PENN: Trump's triumph sends major message. It's the working class and middle America that run our country

Trump touts Republicans taking the majority in the Senate and retaining control of the House in his victory speech.

The American people have spoken and spoken clearly that Donald Trump is their choice for president. They sent a clear message to the coastal elites that it’s the working class and middle America that runs this country.

Vice President Kamala Harris ran a worthy effort in a short period of time and certainly did better than President Joe Biden would have done. There will be a lot of second-guessing, particularly around her failure to pick Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her vice presidential running mate but the blue wall so collapsed that even that decision would likely not reverse this outcome.

Americans were unhappy with the course of the country. The voters believed that they were worse off under Joe Biden, whom they blamed for inflation. They wanted a border that was closed and a leader who would........

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