Trump midterm blitz makes the case for backing GOP in midterm elections
President Donald Trump has traveled across the country to campaign for Republican allies ahead of the Nov. 3 election, touting his administration’s wins on issues from public safety and immigration to inflation and job creation.
In the final weeks ahead of the midterm elections on Nov. 3, President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail in a bid to bolster support for Republican candidates and boost voter turnout. The President announced in a Truth Social post that he will host a rally Oct. 19 in Wichita, Kansas, to support Republican Sen. Roger Marshall, who he called “one of the absolutely best Senators in the U.S. Senate.”
“His opponent is a Fake, and would be a DISASTER for Kansas, a State I won all three times, getting the highest vote in the history of Kansas - Such an honor!” he added.
Trump announced his planned midterm campaign strategy in a Sept. 28 Truth Social post, urging Republicans to “pretend I am on the ballot.”
“I’ll be out there spending money, and helping every one of them get elected,” he said, pledging his support for Republican candidates. “I won most of these places, often by a landslide.”
Much of October has seen the President touring battleground states and districts with competitive races. He hit the ground running in Texas on Oct. 1, campaigning for Republican Senate nominee and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against Democratic opponent James Talarico, before heading to Oklahoma to support Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Mazzei against Democrat Cyndi Munson.
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On Oct. 3, Trump visited Vandalia, Ohio, campaigning for Republican Sen. Jon Husted against Democrat and former Sen. Sherrod Brown, who lost his 2024 reelection bid to Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno.
Trump also campaigned in Nebraska for Sen. Pete Ricketts and Gov Jim Pillen; in Alaska for Sen. Dan Sullivan; in Arizona for gubernatorial candidate Andy Biggs; in Montana for Senate candidate Kurt Alme and House candidate Aaron Flint; in Georgia for Senate nominee Mike Collins and gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson; and in Kentucky for Senate candidate Andy Barr and House candidate Ed Gallrein, with several returns to Ohio and Texas along the way.
At rallies, Trump has touted his administration’s record on controlling inflation, creating jobs, prosecuting and preventing fraud, bolstering public safety, and addressing the immigration crisis. He also frequently drew distinctions between Republicans and the Democratic Party.
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“If the Democrats win, you’re going to have a Great Depression like 1929,” he told supporters at an Oct. 10 rally in Clarksville, Tennessee. “All you have to do is vote Republican.”
At an Oct. 17 rally in Highland Heights, Kentucky, Trump warned voters that Democrats are “going to annihilate your borders” and “give 25 million illegal aliens amnesty and the right to vote” if they win control of Congress in November.
“Or you can defeat the Democrat communists and vote for more money in your pocket, bigger paychecks to your family, much lower taxes, almost no crime, a booming Kentucky economy and no amnesty for illegal aliens,” he continued. “You get that if you vote Republican.”
Most of Trump’s midterm blitz rallies have reached full capacity or sold out, with thousands of voters attending. In some cases, supporters waited hours in line and even showed up the night before events.
On the Democratic side, former President Barack Obama is planning to host Oct. 24 events in Detroit to bolster support for gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson and Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and in Cleveland to stump for gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and Brown. He will also host an Oct. 28 rally in Atlanta to support gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms and Sen. Jon Ossoff.
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