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RNC Chair Outlines GOP Message as Trump, Republican Disapproval Grows
Gruters said Republicans will lean on border security, tax cuts and President Donald Trump as an Emerson College poll shows Democrats ahead by 11 points.
With the November midterms nearing the 100-day mark, Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters outlined the GOP strategy emphasizing border security and tax cuts while framing the election as a choice between President Donald Trump's agenda and the opposition's 'left-wing radical agenda.'
Republicans face historical headwinds as the party in power typically loses House seats in midterms, while polling shows Democrats hold an advantage heading into the final stretch.
A Politico poll found that support for the Iran war among MAGA voters dropped 13 points to 37% by July, down from 50% in May, creating potential vulnerability for Republican candidates.
Asked how long voters might tolerate this 'short-term pain,' Gruters blamed policies created under Joe Biden while defending the president's daily efforts to improve the economy.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries argued momentum is shifting toward Democrats, claiming 'Donald Trump and Republicans have failed the American people' and are 'on the verge of losing control of the House of Representatives.
A poll conducted by The Economist/YouGov, between July 17 and 20 to 1,602 people, which has a margin of error of 3.3%, showed that 60% of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump’s presidential administration. The study shows that only 36 percent of respondents "totally" or "to some extent" approve of the president’s work, while the remaining four percent said they were not sure of the performance of the current White House tenant. These figures are…