Caravan could save GOP: 'Manna from heaven' for Trump

Source: Washington Examiner | October 23, 2018 | Melissa Quinn

The caravan of several thousand Hondurans that’s making its way through Mexico to the U.S. border is just the thing for Republicans looking to rile up their base and keep Democrats from winning back the House.

“It’s manna from heaven,” Sam Nunberg, a former Trump campaign aide, said of the caravan and its timing so close to the Nov. 6 midterm elections. “Donald Trump equals American patriotism and strength, strong military, strong borders, and law and order. This caravan reinforces this.”

Thousands of migrants have been walking from Honduras to the southern border, garnering extensive media coverage and the attention of the president along the way. Trump used the slow-rolling event Monday morning to blame Democrats for the lawlessness seen on the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Every time you see a Caravan, or people illegally coming, or attempting to come, into our Country illegal, think of and blame the Democrats for not giving us the votes to change our pathetic Immigration Laws! Remember the Midterms!” the president tweeted.

The president also alleged during a rally in Montana last week the Democratic Party supports the caravan of migrants because they “figure everybody coming in is going to vote Democrat.”

Republicans are expected to narrowly hold onto the Senate but lose the House to Democrats after they pick up 25 to 35 seats or even more. But for Republicans, the caravan is an imminent threat they can point to as a reason to keep them around.

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