Senate Republicans looking at polls showing GOP incumbents losing ground are concerned that President Trump’s handling of the pandemic has put their majority in danger.
The two biggest criticisms of Trump that GOP lawmakers express privately are that his administration took too long to deploy coronavirus tests and that the president’s statements and demeanor have been too cavalier or flippant.
The biggest headwind Republicans face this fall is the faltering national economy, which now has a 14.7 percent unemployment rate, according to a Friday report by the Labor Department.
While Republican senators acknowledge that Trump’s popular support is tough to poll, some are concerned about surveys showing his approval rating below that of all 50 governors and other world leaders.
Compounding their anxiety are recent polls showing Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), a once-safe incumbent, now trailing his Democratic opponent, Gov. Steve Bullock, and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who was also seen as cruising to reelection, in a dead heat with Democrat Theresa Greenfield.
Incumbent GOP Sens. Cory Gardner (Colo.) and Martha McSally (Ariz.) are well behind in the polls, while Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) are in toss-up races.
Democrats need to net three seats and the White House to win the Senate majority.
“There’s concern,” said one Republican lawmaker describing apprehension over Trump’s job performance over the past two months.
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GOP senators worry Trump, COVID-19 could cost them their majority https://t.co/9unKcI6h4S pic.twitter.com/0nivY3oZRe
— The Hill (@thehill) May 11, 2020
Everything
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Dies#ETTD https://t.co/yBrnpcZDas— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 11, 2020
Actually I am expecting Trump to win re-election simply because the Democrats don’t have a good opponent, plus Trump has managed to snow enough people into believing him to be god on high. However, his good fortune will not necessarily rub off on the rest of the Republicans. Actually, if the Republicans lose the senate, it will be their fault and the fault goes back even before Trump ran for president. Remember that the Republicans have been making promises such as getting rid of Obamacare, reforming the tax laws, fixing our immigration situation and so on for years. In 2010, they said, give us control of the house and we will do X, Y and Z. Then it was, give us the senate and this time we really will do X, Y and Z. Then in 2016, it was, elect Trump and this time we will keep our promises.
For two years, the Republicans had the trifecta — the presidency and both houses of congress. They did nothing.
I should think, after years of broken promises, the people have had enough. And I think Trump supporters, who pretend to be conservatives, want what their hero wants — which are the same things the Democrats want. Trump has on a few occasions let his liberal Democrat roots show up, particularly when it comes to runaway spending. If he gets Democrat control of both houses of congress, he can at last shed that veneer of conservatism and implement the liberal socialist agenda. And his faithful followers will cheer him on.
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