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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFacing a potential Putin White House sleepover, Republicans are "upbeat" about Midterms.
Republicans at a conference in Texas this week had reason to feel downcast, even panicky as President Donald Trumps meeting with Russias Vladimir Putin provoked broad outrage and revived talk of a Democratic wave in Novembers congressional elections.
Instead, party officials voiced optimism about maintaining control of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives this autumn, saying the Democratic Partys messaging and internal struggles were helping boost Republican prospects.
Theyre their own worst enemy, and Im very comfortable with that, said Terry Lathan, chairwoman of the Alabama Republican Party.
In interviews with Reuters, attendees at the Republican National Committee meeting in Austin said pressure from progressives challenging the Democratic old guard following Hillary Clintons defeat in the 2016 presidential election had forced many Democrats to adopt more left-leaning positions.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/republicans-upbeat-november-elections-despite-trump-putin-uproar/
vlyons
(10,252 posts)What republicans tell each other --
Gosh, Putin sleeping in the Lincoln bedroom is wonderful.
Hope I get an invite to Putin's state dinner.
Putin and Trump reviewing a military parade will be soooo impressive!
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)what rank hypocrites and traitors - it's as if they have sold their souls to Satan.
Zoonart
(11,828 posts)Like the flames, though.
We will have to burn down the White House, if we ever get rid of dear leader, in order to delouse it.
emanymton69
(124 posts)*
Your Comrade Putin is coming to Washington D.C. for his victory parade after defeating USA in Helsinki. After all, winners of the Stanly Cup get welcomes too, right?
This is a golden opportunity to hang huge Putin/Trump banners from the top to the bottom of the Washington Monument. While you are at it, change the name of the monument to Putins Penis so your president can suck it off each morning.
Will there really be open mid-term elections?
Doubting it.
mythology
(9,527 posts)Nobody has ever gone into an election saying "well we can't win, might as well not vote". To the people embracing the baseless conspiracy theory that the elections will be rigged, why do we keep winning elections?
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)right now. Russia is ramping up for the Mid-term and not worried about these smaller elections.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)They know this Summit will help them (the GOP) steal the Nov. 2018 midterms. The fix will be in.
dalton99a
(81,380 posts)UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)State the fact that the Summit is a national security risk!
Watch Trump and the Republicans freak out! They need the Russians!
BannonsLiver
(16,288 posts)My hunch is that it is vastly different from what theyre saying in public.