WATCH: Trump urges Republican voters to ‘pretend that I’m running’ in the midterms
Speaking at his party’s first-ever midterm convention on Wednesday, President Donald Trump urged the crowd to turn out and vote for Republican congressional candidates in the upcoming midterm elections.
“When I’m running, we get tremendous numbers of votes and people coming out,” Trump said. “But when I’m not running, it’s a little different.”
The president told his supporters to pretend that he’s on the ballot and to get out and vote. Republicans hold slim majorities in the Senate and House, and the party in power typically experiences losses during midterms.
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