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Trump Links Government Help to GOP Votes
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In Short: At a campaign rally in Georgia, President Donald Trump said Republican candidate Mike Collins could call him whenever he needed help for his state, while he suggested he would be less inclined to respond to Democratic rivals.
Trump's comments come amid a contentious election season, where he has been actively campaigning for Republican candidates and criticizing Democrats.
During a rally, Trump acted out a hypothetical scenario where Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff called to ask for money for his state, with Trump responding, 'I don’t give a damn what he wants.'
Trump also used his rally to criticize Democrats, saying, 'There’s a big difference between that and Pee-wee Herman calling,' referring to Ossoff.
In another instance, Trump told voters he'd answer calls for help from Republican candidates but would be apt to ignore calls from their Democratic rivals.
Camp Lejeune victims advocate Steen Dilgard said Trump's approach was 'playing politics and trying to bribe for a vote,' adding that it made her 'physically sick and infuriated her.'
White House spokesman Davis Ingle cited Trump's policies on taxes, prescription drugs, immigration, and other issues, stating, 'Democrats have made it clear that they have no agenda to improve the lives of the American people.'
Democratic candidate for Georgia Senate, Jon Ossoff, responded to Trump's rally comments, saying, 'It’s a losing strategy for the failed president to insult and threaten voters while he’s in town reminding them he made everything more expensive.'
President Donald Trump says Georgia GOP Senate candidate Mike Collins can call him whenever he wants to ask for help for his state.
Background
At a campaign rally in Georgia, President Donald Trump said Republican candidate Mike Collins could call him whenever he needed help for his state, while he suggested he would be less inclined to respond to Democratic rivals.
Vance encouraged Republicans to campaign with enthusiasm and support their friends on the trail.
What's confirmed
- Cooper has described Trump’s Camp Lejeune threats as “insulting and frustrating” while his campaign has gone after Whatley for refusing to denounce them.
- President Donald Trump says Georgia GOP Senate candidate Mike Collins can call him whenever he wants to ask for help for his state.
- President Donald Trump is signaling to states that his administration may be far less likely to help if their voters put Democrats in power on Election Day.
- In Georgia and Ohio, Trump told voters he'd answer calls for help from Republican candidates, but would be apt to ignore calls from their Democratic rivals.
- Mike Collins, R-Ga., speaks at a campaign rally at Guardian Centers of Georgia, Saturday, Oct.
- President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at Sioux Gateway Airport, Thursday, Oct.
- Cloudy skies this morning will become partly cloudy this afternoon.
- Jill Steen Dilgard, who works with victims and their families, says it's not right to be “playing politics” with the aid.
- “There’s a big difference between that and Pee-wee Herman calling,” Trump said last week in Perry, Georgia, using his derisive nickname for Ossoff.
- White House spokesman Davis Ingle cited Trump's policies on taxes, prescription drugs, immigration and other policies and added, "Democrats have made it clear that they have no agenda to improve the lives of the American people."
- She said in an interview with the AP that it was "totally unacceptable" for the president to condition care for those who had served in the U.S. military on the results of the midterms.
- “It’s a losing strategy for the failed president to insult and threaten voters while he’s in town reminding them he made everything more expensive,” Ossoff told The Associated Press in response to Trump’s rally comments in Perry.
What's still developing
- Questioned afterward at the White House, Trump said, “If we’re not there, then somebody else is going to have to settle” the Camp Lejeune claims and he “can’t speak for another administration,” although his own Justice Department is handling the claims.
- Jason Turkish said he made up his mind to vote for Rogers following the first Michigan Senate debate, and felt that he ‘couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t speak up’ Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) and her fiance Jason Turkish (courtesy Rep. Haley Stevens) BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Jason Turkish, the fiancé of Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) and a prominent Jewish Democrat in Michigan, said he plans to vote for Republican Mike Rogers over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the state’s closely watched and bitterly fought Senate race.
- Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- “It has just been determined that the Democrats in Alaska illegally searched for, and recruited, a man named Dan Sullivan to run against our distinguished Republican Senator, Dan Sullivan, in order to defraud, confuse, and obfuscate the Election, thereby taking votes away from the REAL Senator, Dan Sullivan,” Trump wrote on Wednesday.
- The New York Times reported Wednesday that Peltola campaign staffers and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee were allegedly involved in a monthslong scheme to stack the ballot with candidates and recruit other men named Dan Sullivan, all in the hopes of siphoning off votes from the Republican incumbent.
- Alito Jr. said “threatening” protests against the Supreme Court are part of a campaign to try to intimidate the justices, and he lamented that neither the Biden Justice Department nor local prosecutors attempted to charge those who engaged in the demonstrations.
- One of the ads called his proposal for new casinos “crooked” and accused him of “using campaign donations to pay for real estate” while hiring his wife for a government job.
- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, discusses allegations his opponent, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Mary Peltola, worked with operatives to recruit another Dan Sullivan to run for Senate on ‘Hannity.’ In the wake of a New York Times report detailing an alleged Democrat-linked election scheme by the campaign team of Rep. Mary Peltola that involved the recruitment of a candidate with nearly the exact same name as an incumbent GOP senator, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced that he was ordering a probe into the matter.
- Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, his Democratic opponent for Ohio governor, is leaving the state’s airwaves, the Ramaswamy campaign confirmed Thursday.
- Clouds and some sun this morning with more clouds for this afternoon.
- Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers.
- A steady rain early...then remaining cloudy with a few showers.