It’s not just that they’ll be able to block Drumpf’s policies for the (hopefully only) remaining two years: the entire House of Representatives is up for re-election in 2018. Whoever wins the House in 2018 will still control it in 2020, when we have our next census. This means we voting districts will get to be redrawn and if Republicans retain control of the House in 2020, they will make gerrymandering even worse than it is now, which already favors them.
But the odds are severely in favor of Republicans for 2018. The election is ridiculously lopsided: 23 Democrat seats and both (there are only 2) Independent seats (who Caucus with Dems) will be up for the taking compared to only 8 Republican seats. Not to mention midterm election turnout is always far less than POTUS elections and Republicans consistently turn out for midterms while non-Republicans fail to show up worse than they normally do.
It gets worse. This is the Senate race in 2018:
Arizona - Currently Republican
California - Currently Democrat
Connecticut - Currently Democrat
Delaware - Currently Democrat
Florida - Currently Democrat
Hawaii - Currently Democrat
Indiana - Currently Democrat
Maine - Currently Independent
Maryland - Currently Democrat
Massachusetts - Currently Democrat
Michigan - Currently Democrat
Minnesota - Currently Democrat
Mississippi - Currently Republican
Missouri - Currently Democrat
Montana - Currently Democrat
Nebraska - Currently Republican
Nevada - Currently Republican
New Jersey - Currently Democrat
New Mexico - Currently Democrat
New York - Currently Democrat
North Dakota - Currently Democrat
Ohio - Currently Democrat
Pennsylvania - Currently Democrat
Rhode Island - Currently Democrat
Tennessee - Currently Republican
Texas - Currently Republican
Utah - Currently Republican
Vermont - Currently Independent
Virginia - Currently Democrat
Washington - Currently Democrat
West Virginia - Currently Democrat
Wisconsin - Currently Democrat
Wyoming - Currently Republican
All of the states in bold were awarded to Drumpf, 11 of which are currently held by Democrats. Republicans hold a 52 seat majority right now. If they can maintain the 8 seats they have to defend, they only need 8 Democrat and/or Independent seats to have a 60 seat supermajority and the power to pass basically anything they want under Trump for two years.
If you think it’s catastrophic now (and it is), imagine Drumpf and the Republicans with a 60 seat supermajority for two years plus a Republican House with the power to redistrict in 2020.
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