President Donald Trump Urges Republican Lawmakers to Campaign on His White House Record
President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers facing difficult reelection campaigns to run on his record in the White House. Despite a decline in his popularity, the president told his party's most vulnerable lawmakers that they had a triumphant story to tell voters.
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President Donald Trump pledged to campaign in all of the roughly three dozen contests that are likely to determine control of Congress. During a dinner in the Rose Garden, President Donald Trump told lawmakers that they would win big if they spoke about his record. The president's record includes a wide-ranging Washington makeover, which includes a proposed fence around Lafayette Park and an underground security screening center for White House visitors. Additionally, the administration announced a correction to a statement by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick regarding the number of U.S. forces killed in the Iran war. President Donald Trump clarified that 18 people were killed in the conflict, correcting the statement that no Americans had died.
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