Donald Trump says he is focused on Senate with two days until US midterm elections
- President’s comments suggest that he has grown less optimistic about the GOP’s chances of retaining control of the House
- Trump is campaigning in Macon, Georgia, for Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp
US President Donald Trump appears to be distancing himself from the fate of House Republican candidates two days before Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Speaking to reporters as he left the White House en route to get-out-the-vote rallies in Georgia and Tennessee on Sunday, Trump said Republican enthusiasm is higher than he is ever seen it – but he seemed to hedge in his predictions for the House.
“I think we’re going to do well in the House. But, as you know, my primary focus has been on the Senate, and I think we’re doing really well in the Senate,” he said of Tuesday’s races.
The comments suggest that Trump has grown less optimistic about the GOP’s chances of retaining control of the House, where Republicans are facing greater headwinds than in the Senate. And they came as Trump was travelling to two traditionally Republican states to help bolster two statewide candidates ahead of elections that could dramatically reshape his presidency.
Trump is set to campaign Sunday in Macon, Georgia, for Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp and in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Republican Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn.