Posted on 11/18/2025 5:39:25 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Fresh off their staggering electoral losses this month, Republicans are urging President Donald Trump to start hitting the campaign trail for them next year with control of Congress on the line.
And in a sign of their rising anxiety over Democrats’ renewed enthusiasm, the requests for rallies have started rolling in.
Wisconsin GOP Chair Brian Schimming said Trump’s team is “certainly aware” he wants to see the president visit the purple state next year, where he won by his thinnest margin in 2024 and his party is defending two competitive House seats and trying to win statewide races. Schimming plans to reup his ask when visiting Washington this week. In Tennessee, where Democrats are working to flip a House seat in a special election next month, Republican Matt Van Epps’ campaign requested the president hold an in-person rally in the deep-red district he won by 20 points last year. (Trump held a tele-rally for Van Epps last Thursday night.) Rep. Derrick Van Orden has told Trump he wants the president to campaign with him in his western Wisconsin swing district next year.
Depressed turnout is a persistent problem in non-presidential years. And Republicans acknowledge that Trump, whose approval ratings are underwater, can be a liability as well as an asset.
But he remains a singular motivator for the MAGA base, according to interviews with 11 Republican Party chairs, officials and operatives across the Rust and Sun Belt states. They said Republicans must step up their voter-outreach efforts heading into the midterms, when Democrats need only to net three House seats to regain control of the lower chamber. And they’re looking to Trump to be their triple threat — with his trademark rallies, endorsements and deep campaign coffers.
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Yes, DJT is going to have to rally the troops in-person next summmer/fall. If he stays home, the GOP is kinda screwed.
Staggering? Now there’s a narrative. Not to mention an opinión.
And Congress has done a whole lot of nothing to address affordability. Ban private equity firms from owning residential property. Radically reform the tax code and tax the milllionaires and billionaires who profiteered off Covid. Investigate the ag conglomerates. Investigate price gouging.
Hey. Politico. Pay attention
Republicans hate Trump
Worse than you
Republicans not only want to lose the midterms, the senate always want to lose the midterms. So they can sit around raking in dough, taking none of the blame
Maybe they ought to do something for him. Like codify his policies laid out in Executive Orders. Turn those into real legislation. Do a little heavy lifting. One hand washes the other, you know?
Democrats are literally openly calling for an overthrow of the government. These two parties are not the same.
If republicans would grow a pair, like Trump, they wouldn’t have to worry about a midterm slump.
He has to do everything for them? The guy is working harder than any of them, many of them combined. Most didnt want to be around him before. Wow how the tunes change.
Then streamline his agenda, fast!
the senate always want to lose the midterms. So they can sit around raking in dough, taking none of the blame
^^This^^ regardless of party. God forbid the issues are solved and we do not need the Gov to take care of us.
Ok but the dem senate always wants power they want to fundamentally transform the nation
The Expansion of the Welfare State and Income Redistribution can only go so far.
So blue states stayed blue and somehow it is staggering. That is what I call might fine sensationalism.
True. I actually expect it to all come to a screeching halt and Trump to succeed
Republicans that don’t vote elect democrats.
Taken from today’s toons
“Maybe they ought to do something for him. Like codify his policies laid out in Executive Orders. Turn those into real legislation. Do a little heavy lifting.”
That plus publicizing their good work would be helping Republican voters—and motivate them to show up in the mid terms.
It can be a win win—but Republicans would have to stop being the “stupid party” for one year.
A “stupid party” does very little and then whines when their voters don’t bother to show up in the mid-terms.
If the economy doesn’t significantly rebound with increased wages, stable low inflation, price declines in important areas, increased job opportunities, significant implementation of this 20 trillion in foreign “investments” to create hundreds of thousands of associated jobs, the GOP is toast.
Economy, Economy, Economy
Things are improving.
Gas is cheaper. So that's huge.
You can find a job but you may have to pick up a trade.
The price of electricity is increasing due to data centers for AI.
Oligarchs are consolidating the agricultural industry and apparently they're purchasing some residential properties. So President Trump may need to use antitrust action as necessary.
Significantly. It was THE issue in the NJ Governors election.
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