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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:05 PM Nov 2018

Trump scrambles to save the Senate


The president continued his campaign blitz amid late polls pointing to Democratic momentum in key battlegrounds.

By JAMES ARKIN 11/05/2018 01:10 PM EST Updated 11/05/2018 05:56 PM EST

President Donald Trump rushed around the country on Monday in a final bid to drive his voters to the polls and blunt any late Democratic momentum in the battle for control of the Senate.

The president kicked off the final day of the campaign with a rally in Cleveland, where he told supporters midterm elections were “boring” before he took office. Imploring them to vote as if he were on the ballot Tuesday, he echoed the messages he's been delivering down the homestretch: that putting Democrats in charge of Congress would put the robust economy in jeopardy and risk opening the borders to undocumented immigrants.

Trump will conclude his campaign sprint with back-to-back rallies in Missouri and Indiana, two states he won overwhelmingly in 2016 that are critical to Republican hopes to maintain or grow their Senate majority.

“It’s all fragile. We have to go out and we have to vote,” Trump said on a conference call with supporters Monday ahead of his three-rally day. “Even though I’m not on a ballot, in a certain way I’m on the ballot.”

“We have an energy over the last couple weeks that people have not seen in the Republican Party and it feels very much like ‘16 because they love what we’ve done and they want to keep it going,” he added.

Still, as Trump barnstormed the country to turn out his supporters, a final batch of polls provided signs of late momentum for Democrats in the battle for the Senate, with surveys showing their candidates leading in two battleground races and significantly ahead in New Jersey.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/05/trump-close-out-midterm-961507
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Trump scrambles to save the Senate (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2018 OP
Message to all: this fool IS on the ballot DonaldsRump Nov 2018 #1
Yes he is NastyRiffraff Nov 2018 #2
Yeah we will see if he still admits he was on the ballot... jcgoldie Nov 2018 #3
How many millions of taxpayers' dollars ... lpbk2713 Nov 2018 #4

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
1. Message to all: this fool IS on the ballot
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:15 PM
Nov 2018

Period. End of discussion.

Tomorrow, we start the process of taking our country back.

It's the first step, but certainly a giant leap for humanity (and real Americans).

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
2. Yes he is
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:17 PM
Nov 2018

He's said so himself more than once. Of course he's ALSO said that if Republicans lose it won't be his fault.

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)
3. Yeah we will see if he still admits he was on the ballot...
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:17 PM
Nov 2018

...after they get their ass kicked tomorrow.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
4. How many millions of taxpayers' dollars ...
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:19 PM
Nov 2018


has this asshole spent on campaigning for the GOP?

Is there a way we can take him to court to get it back?

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