Republican campaigns are keeping President Donald Trump at arm’s length as they try to hang onto their seats in Congress, a new report alleges.
Republicans were widely expected to lose their narrow majority in the House even before Trump launched his unpopular war with Iran and high gas prices. Now, lawmakers are planning to run for re-election without touting their ties to Trump, Reuters reports.
A strategy discussed during a closed-door meeting featuring top conservative officials, including White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, pushed lawmakers to speak about Trump’s tax cuts, not their loyalty to Trump or his unpopular war with Iran.
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