The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has asked the Republican party caucus in the Senate to react ahead of the upcoming legislative elections in November because the possibility of losing both chambers of Congress to the Democrats is very real given “the anger” of the people and the absence of his name on the ballots.
Polls are quite certain that the Republicans would lose at least the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress, and that the Democrats could even challenge in the Senate, remote as it may seem right now, because they need a net gain of four seats.
Trump, however, has sounded the alarm. In an interview published this Friday by the news portal Punchbowl, specialized in legislative information tracking, the President of the United States announced that he will make his financial machinery available to senators to try to save face in November.
The President has expressed confidence that the absence of his name on the ballots for the legislative elections will surely generate a wave of apathy among the average Republican voter. “If I don’t participate in these upcoming elections, will these people vote? Because many are very angry with the Republicans, to be honest. With the Republicans, not with me,” he said.
Trump’s criticisms of his party are a daily occurrence. In recent days, for example, the President has criticized that his own congressmen and senators are boycotting some of his initiatives, such as the electoral reform law, or the consolidation in office of his acting Attorney General, Todd Blanche.
So far, Republican senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins have stated that they do not intend to support Blanche’s confirmation, a former legal advisor to Trump, whom they see as the face of the “politicization” of the Department of Justice.
“If the Senate doesn’t wake up, I might end up being the last Republican president,” Trump warned. “If the Democrats manage to get a foothold, I might end up being it,” the President added.
