Trump makes final pitch as Americans prepare to vote on Tuesday
President Trump closed his midterm campaign with rallies in Florida, Iowa and Kansas — states he once won easily — as polls suggest Democrats could win at least partial control of Congress. Facing anger over prices, he warned that Democrats would “bankrupt your family” and urged supporters to “pretend I’m on the ballot”. Both final speeches were repeatedly interrupted by hecklers.
The map is the story: a president defending territory in Kansas and Iowa signals how far the war-driven rise in fuel, grocery and healthcare costs has eroded Republican confidence. Trump told supporters that Democrats had left the country in a “dark age” and that he had “quickly turned it into the golden age of America”. He also repeated the slur that Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, is a “jihadist”. The Democratic House leader, Hakeem Jeffries, says he is “very confident”. Democratic control of either chamber would act as a check on Trump’s power for the last two years of his presidency.