Trump races to rescue Republicans on the midterm trail as his own candidates quietly erase him from campaigns
Donald Trump at his Greenville, North Carolina rally, where he mimicked punching hecklers and vowed to treat them "very, very rough".A protester is escorted from the rally as Trump warned supporters that hecklers disrupting his events in North Carolina — and in Texas, Tennessee and Alaska — would be treated "very, very rough.
Minnesota Republican Eric Pratt's campaign site carried the line 'the President is not popular, so all messaging should be focused on local politics' before it vanished. A Reuters/Ipsos poll puts President Donald Trump on 31 per cent, a record low for either term. Candidates in 41 of 62 competitive races have reportedly broken with or played down Trump. A Georgia GOP operative fumed: 'All he's doing is hurting Republicans.'
Trump on Camp Lejeune water payouts: 'If we don't win, there's no money.'
Less than 1 per cent of $830m in Republican ads even mention Trump.
A MAGA insider reportedly warned: 'We can get completely wiped out, and it wouldn't shock me.'
