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GOP operatives worry Trump will lose both the presidency and Senate majority
By Michael Warren and Ryan Nobles, CNN
Updated 12:07 PM ET, Thu May 28, 2020
Washington (CNN)A little more than three months ago, as Democrats cast their ballots in the Nevada caucuses, Republicans felt confident about their chances in 2020. The coronavirus seemed a distant, far-off threat. Democrats appeared poised to nominate a self-described socialist for president. The stock market was near a record high. The economy was roaring. President Donald Trump looked well-positioned to win a second term, and perhaps pull enough incumbent Republicans along with him to hold the party's majority in the Senate.
Today, that view has drastically changed.
"Put it this way, I am very glad my boss isn't on the ballot this cycle," said one high-ranking GOP Senate aide.
Republican strategists are increasingly worried that Trump is headed for defeat in November and that he may drag other Republicans down with him.
Seven GOP operatives not directly associated with the President's reelection campaign told CNN that Trump's response to the pandemic and the subsequent economic fallout have significantly damaged his bid for a second term and that the effects are starting to hurt Republicans more broadly. Some of these operatives asked not to be identified in order to speak more candidly.
Several say that public polls showing Trump trailing presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden mirror what they are finding in their own private polls, and that the trend is bleeding into key Senate races. The GOP already had a difficult task of defending 23 Senate seats in 2020. The job of protecting its slim 3-seat majority has only gotten harder as the pandemic has unfolded. States like Arizona and North Carolina, once thought to be home to winnable Senate races now appear in jeopardy.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/politics/republicans-trump-senate-2020-trouble/index.html
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,450 posts)but November needs to hurry up!
gopiscrap
(23,766 posts)Fozzledick
(3,860 posts)smb
(3,476 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,531 posts)We have to keep him on that track.
lpbk2713
(42,770 posts)Everything Trump touches turns to shit. No amount of election fraud can pull it off for them this time.
pandr32
(11,635 posts)Hekate
(90,913 posts)JHB
(37,163 posts)They did that all by themselves, by their unwavering loyalty to him with only occasional, short-lived, ineffectual farts of dissent.
They built that.
mercuryblues
(14,551 posts)They had their chance to stand up for America and chose instead to grind it into the ground with their impeachment vote.
kevink077
(365 posts)I hope so much they are. People need to VOTE.
SeattleVet
(5,481 posts)and they say it like it's a bad thing!
Like someone posted yesterday - the GOP is the frog and tRump is the scorpion. He's killing their party and they are going (mostly) gleefully along, as long as they can get as many young conservatives appointed to judgeships as possible.
ProfessorGAC
(65,289 posts)...I'm concerned but I think they've learned their lesson.
Wait...
No, I'm not either of those.
The only way they learn a lesson is a well deserved beat down at the polls.
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)About "dead democrats" is beyond stupid.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,694 posts)These Republican "operatives" will devolve from worrying to dime dropping and plea dealing.
LakeArenal
(28,863 posts)Stuart G
(38,453 posts)..I wonder if they will admit it, or shut up in deference to Trump. Perhaps senators who don't have to worry about reelection for many years, will speak up or others who are not up for election will speak up. But we will see.
LakeArenal
(28,863 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,510 posts)Chain smoking and mainlining bleach would be healthier than electing Republicans.