IF DEMS WIN THE HOUSE, THE BLAME WILL BE ON TRUMP’S SHOULDERS

…This is the way many Dems see President Trump

Prospects of the GOP maintaining control of the House are appearing increasingly dim.

It is so interesting how delusional this American president is today.

Trump actually told the Associated Press in an interview, “It’s not my fault if Republicans lose control of the House in this year’s midterms”.  This is after he told his supporters to “pretend I’m on the ballot” when you vote in November.  Then he said to the AP: “I don’t believe anybody [like me] has ever had this kind of impact on the vote.”  

This was his defending his efforts to rally support for candidates across the country.  Trump has headlined four “Make America Great Again” rallies in each of the past two weeks, and he’s holding three more soon.

Well, personally, I agree that most likely, no single individual has ever had such a negative impact as Donald Trump on any election.

Earlier, at a rally in Southaven, Mississippi, Trump urged supporters to go to the polls, telling the crowd, “Pretend I’m on the ballot.”  In all of his rallies, Trump says, “A vote for [the GOP candidate’s name] is a vote for me.”

These Trump remarks come as the Republican's prospects of maintaining control of the House are appearing increasingly dim.

So, let’s just look at how the Dems are doing in the mid-terms, and mainly because of Donald J. Trump, all around the country:

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has been seriously outpaced by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in fundraising in recent months.

56 Democrats out-raised all GOP incumbents.

DEMOCRATS

$146 million raised from April 1 to June 30

REPUBLICANS

$102 million raised from April 1 to June 30

The latest fundraising numbers for House races are in, and for the second time this year, Democrats outraised Republicans.  Of the 59 challengers who out-raised their incumbent opponent, 56 are Democrat and only three are Republicans.

It’s not just the individual Democratic candidates pulling in the cash. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the official campaign arm for House Democrats, reported that it had raised an overall total of more than $177 million, hitting another record-breaking $15.2 million for the month of June. The DCCC noted that 57% of donations in June had come from the grassroots states and small donations.

Democratic challengers are even ahead of where Republicans were in 2010.

In 2010, 44 incumbent Democrats lagged behind; now it’s 56 incumbent Republicans trailing their Democratic opponent.  Republicans flipped 64 seats in 2010, 22 of which the GOP candidate out-raised a Democratic incumbent at this point in the election cycle.

Let's look at some of the up-coming 56 races

There are 17 extremely competitive races in which the Democratic challenger out-raised the GOP incumbent. And at this point, there are only 20 toss-up races with a GOP incumbent. The other six races involve either open or vacant seats.

Democratic challengers out-raised the incumbent in 17 of 20 toss-up races and in five races, the Dems have more cash on hand than their GOP opponent.

The AP also reported that most of the reasons for such record breaking increases was because of voters donating against the presidency of the Republican, Donald Trump.

It is very apparent that if, as expected, the House goes to the Democrats, and the Senate gets additional Democratic wins, most of the blame can be put on the shoulders of guess who?

President Donald J. Trump.

Copyright G. Ater  2018