Trump campaign plans more rallies for midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign says he will rally for GOP candidates in several critical western states late next week.
The campaign says Trump will campaign Thursday in Missoula, Montana; on Friday in Mesa, Arizona, and on Saturday in Elko, Nevada. The swing is part of an aggressive fall campaign push by the 72-year-old president to energise Republicans and encourage them to vote on Nov 6 to keep Republicans in control of both houses of Congress.
The latest campaign swing was announced Saturday night as Trump was midway through a campaign rally in Richmond, Kentucky — his fourth rally of the week.
Trump plans to open next week by surveying hurricane damage in Florida and Georgia, though the White House has not announced when he will visit affected areas.
And President Trump says America is the hottest country in the world, celebrating what he calls an economy unlike any other in its history.
Speaking at a political rally Saturday night at Eastern Kentucky University, Trump is ticking off his administration’s accomplishments, leading with the low unemployment rate. He’s also assuring Kentuckians that coal has come back.
Trump is in the state to promote the campaigns of GOP candidates for Congress. He’s warning that Democrats only want to obstruct and says their lust for power drove them to be incredibly unfair to his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.
Trump also led for a rousing cheer for the state’s senior senator, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
On Friday night Trump campaigned for Ohio’s gubernatorial and congressional candidates. But, as he often does at his rallies, he spent much of the hour-plus speech promoting his own record.
Trump drew loud cheers for securing the release of pastor Andrew Brunson from Turkey.