Ryan’s “logic” seems to the wingnut talking point:

‘What happened?’ Fox & Friends says Democrats are in trouble because Connor Lamb win wasn’t a ‘blowout’ #FoxNews #PA18 https://t.co/4NzdqSf6JP

— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 14, 2018

Kilmeade said that Saccone did not show sufficient support for Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs — although both candidates said they backed the measures.

“Saccone is — he is not pro-union, so right there we have a virtual dead heat,” Kilmeade reasoned. “Also, a 33-year-old prosecutor who’s a Marine, as opposed to somebody who is not really known statewide, certainly is better.”

But he cautioned Democrats not to be too excited about flipping a House seat in a heavily conservative district after flipping a Senate seat in deep-red Alabama.

“The Democrats have reason to be happy? Yeah,” Kilmeade admitted. “But I’m very curious to see how many pro-life, pro-tax cut, pro-gun, anti-Nancy Pelosi candidates will be nominated for November, because Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have a different image where the party is going and they’re looked at as leaders. If they are saying, ‘Wow, we are on a roll, yeah.’ Name another candidate like Conor Lamb.”

Lamb, in fact, opposed the GOP tax cuts, which he called a “giveaway” to the wealthy, and co-host Steve Doocy suggested the Democrat tricked GOP voters into backing him.

“What’s interesting about this particular thing that is too close to call is they both ran as Republicans,” Doocy said.

It’s an “even when we lose, we win” sort of way of salving the wounds, insisting that even when they lose what should have been an easy election, they really “won” because the Democrat wasn’t a far-left moonbat.