'Trump has hijacked the election': House Republicans in panic mode
Source: Politico
House Speaker Paul Ryan got President Donald Trump on the phone Sunday for one final plea on behalf of anxious Republicans: Please, please talk up the booming economy in the final hours before Election Day.
But Trump, unsurprisingly, had another issue on his mind. He boasted to Ryan that his focus on immigration has fired up the base, according to a source familiar with the call.
Two days out from an expected Democratic takeover of the House, Republicans focused on the chamber are profoundly worried that Trump’s obsession with all things immigration will exacerbate their losses. Many of these same Republicans welcomed Trump’s initial talk about the migrant caravan and border security two weeks ago, hoping it would gin up the GOP base in some at-risk, Republican-held districts.
But they now fear Trump went overboard — and that it could cost them dearly in key suburban districts, from Illinois to Texas. Many of them have cringed at Trump’s threats to unilaterally end birthright citizenship, as well as his recent racially-tinged ad suggesting that immigrants are police killers. The president's drumbeat, they say, is drowning out news any incumbent president would be negligent not to dwell on: that the economy added a quarter-million jobs last quarter, and unemployment is below 4 percent.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/04/trump-2018-elections-midterms-republicans-immigration-960748
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it really does seem as though we are at a two year version of that horrible event! Well said! 
if Republicans get soundly thrashed Tuesday. It will then be the fault of "flawed candidates" who didn't hang tightly enough to his marvelous coattails, or the "evil, fake media", or a dozen other reasons he can make up on the spot. It could never be a rejection of him and his divisive, racist policies. 
I guess I should not be surprised. Usually, I turn away when he spouts words. I can no longer look at his face or listen to his voice.
Trump has done nothing to make the economy better. It may look good now because he's still riding Obama's coattails, but when the economy feels the effects of his stupid tariffs it's going to tank. This time next year we'll be on the verge of a recession, or worse. Who's going to get the blame then, tiny mushroom head? You certainly won't take any responsibility for your ill-advised trade wars. My guess is it will be blamed on Hillary's emails.
