President spoke at Congressional ball after Senate rejected two competing proposals to address imminent expiration of Obamacare subsidies
With Democrats just a few seats shy of reclaiming the House majority, Republicans are watching developments with a growing sense of unease and frustration that the dynamics of Donald Trump’s first midterm — when Democrats scored a net gain of 40 seats in 2018 — are at risk of repeating, AP reports.
“If you’re not concerned, then you’re living in a cave,” Republican senator Jim Justice told reporters. “If you’re not watching the elections that are happening all the time, then you’re living in a cave. We’re not good at our messaging a lot of times as Republicans. The Democrats are professionals at it. We’re not good at it.”
The latest setbacks came this week when a Democrat won the Miami mayor’s race for the first time in three decades. Democrats also won a special election in a historically Republican district in Georgia. Latest polling shows Trump’s approval ratings are down since March (see 10.52).
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