Posted on 07/25/2025 10:57:30 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The president is investing in the midterms, eliminating potentially bloody primary battles and promising to help the GOP stay in power.
President Donald Trump and senior White House aides in recent weeks have privately, and sometimes publicly, steered Republican candidates in House races in Iowa, Michigan and New York and Senate contests in Maine, Iowa and North Carolina, in hopes of staving off contentious primaries and shoring up swing districts with Trump-loyal candidates.
The kingmaker moves are part of a broad White House strategy designed to ensure Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in next fall’s midterm elections, according to a White House official granted anonymity to discuss internal dynamics. The president intends to get on the trail in support of Republican candidates and his senior aides are putting together a 2027 policy agenda so Trump can spell out for voters what a continued GOP trifecta would get them.
Rep. Zach Nunn of Iowa was seriously considering a run for governor and was told by Trump to “stay put,” the official said. Nunn, shortly after, announced his reelection campaign for his House seat. Trump steered Rep. Bill Huizenga of Michigan out of a potentially messy Senate primary, telling him in a private meeting after the signing of the GENIUS Act that he planned to back Mike Rogers. He made it official in a social media post Thursday. The administration followed a similar playbook with Rep. Mike Lawler of New York, who recently forewent the governor’s race. The lawmakers’ offices did not return requests for comment.
On the Senate side, top White House officials held a private meeting with Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa last week, encouraging her to run for reelection as some Senate Republicans braced for the two-term senator to retire. In...
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Glad at least someone on our side is thinking about 2026. It doesn’t look like anyone in Conservative inc is.
5 D CHESS-—TRUMP STYLE
Flies in the face of his asinine behavior on Epstein files. Told me he doesn’t want my support.
OK
My new hat: 2026 - IM&RE Impeach and remove when Demos sweep the midterms. Get Vance in there soonest.
FTA—Kingmaker Trump’s political moves are part of a broad WH strategy
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There were 13 seats in the House decided by < 3% in 2024.
Most of these were Dems. 8D and 5GOP
One of the GOP seats was Bacon in Nebraska, and he has already announced retirement, leaving that seat without the power of incumbency.
Nationwide, Dems win most of the close seats, even up to 5%.
GOP seats are larger wins, suggesting gerrymander has concentrated GOP votes into fewer seats.
Note there are 3 other seats won by 3.x% (just over 3%), 2 Dems and 1 GOP.
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Posted on 7/25/2025 by SaxxonWoods
Politico makes this sound like some super plot.
Either it is secret and Politico knows nothing about it. Or,
It isn’t secret and Politico wants us to believe it is. Or,
It’s a normal tactic and Politico would not have thought of it. Or,
Politico is just full of Crockett.
EC
I’m backing President Trump. I have no interest in “Conservative inc” and all their emails requesting donations are deleted. If they want my support they must support the President.
I’m right there with you about Conservative Inc.
The Republicans spent 20 years saying conservative things and doing nothing... Maybe slowed the Dems down a little.
Trump lists targets, goes all in, and get results.
Polls are going to miss Trumps political throw-weight because they only measure voter opinions about preferred media topics.
later
Noble cause. However, we know from the past that the spineless Republicans ALWAYS shoot themselves in the foot and lose either the House or Senate or both.
Basically, we're the American version of the Tories in 2016. After Trump's presidency, eventually we will return to our RINO roots. We may luck out with either Vance or Rubio in 2028.
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