Republicans weigh Trump’s role as midterm losses loom
Politics · First reported 1 Nov, 12:00 · Updated 12:34
One House Republican said the party had once believed it could defy historical trends, before Trump bombed Iran. A separate report says a Republican defeat could cost the party its congressional majorities and leave Trump governing for two more years with a potentially difficult political fallout.
- A House Republican said the party had believed earlier in the year that it could defy history, but linked that confidence to Trump’s bombing of Iran.
- The Washington Examiner report describes a possible Republican defeat in Tuesday’s midterm elections and the potential loss of congressional majorities.
- The report says Trump could then face two more years governing without those majorities; the supplied excerpt does not describe the full political fallout.
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- Election timing
- Tuesday’s midterm elections
- Possible consequence
- Trump could lose his congressional majorities
- Possible period without majorities
- Two more years
- Event cited by Republican
- Trump bombed Iran
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- An earlier Lux summary said Iranian officials warned another conflict with the United States could last longer than previous fighting, while Trump said the US still had targets it could strike quickly. [5f7a62d0-8ddd-4d6a-a874-4e0100800939]
- An earlier Lux summary said the White House had prepared options to advance parts of Trump’s agenda through executive powers if Democrats won control of Congress. [b01e7a88-4db2-4faf-b4f9-f7319f6d5c6f]
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