CNN's tapper about the first mid-term results: "This is not a blue wave"

CNN presenter Jake Tapper said Tuesday night that the first results of the evening do not foreshadow a "blue wave" of Democratic victories.

"It is quite possible that the Democrats are regaining control of the House today, but I must say that, if you look at what is happening today, it is not a wave. blue, "said Tapper shortly after 9 pm Is.

"This is not a wave that eliminates all sorts of Republican candidates," he added.

TAP: "When you look at what's happening here tonight, it's NOT a blue wave." pic.twitter.com/RZnYy4Yb9r

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Tapper's comments came a few moments after CNN called a competitive race at Kentucky House for Rep. Andy BarrGarland (Andy) Hale Barr Countdown to the elections: Trump presents his mid-term referendum as a referendum on the presidency | Senate seats most likely to tip | A high turnout raises Dem's hope | Controversy over Trump announcement | Weather forecasts head for key states | DOJ Will Monitor Votes In 19 States On Election Day: An Hourly Viewer's Guide Jockey Intensively Into Management's Fights In The House MORE (R-Ky.), Who faced a daunting challenge from Democrat Amy McGrath. President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pauses Missouri campaign rally after woman collapse Fox News hosts join Trump at Missouri campaign rally, Nate Silver during the final screenings at mid-week course: "Democrats need two things to go wrong" to lose the house MORE won the district easily in 2016, but Democrats were optimistic about the possibility of reversing the siege.

A McGrath victory "would have really been an indication of a big powerful blue wave," said Tapper.

Tapper noted that Democrats still retain a "decent chance" of regaining control of the House. The party must get 23 seats and had two inverted at the time of the anchor comments.

However, Democrats also play defense in the Senate, where 10 candidates run in the states Trump won in 2016.

Several members of the CNN panel agreed a few moments later that a blue wave was unlikely.

Democratic strategist James Carville expressed similar sentiments earlier in the night as early results in Florida, Georgia, Indiana and other states began to filter.