A rare presidential campaign appearance in Kansas signals deepening Republican concerns ahead of next month’s Senate race, where a GOP incumbent faces an unusually fierce challenge from a Democratic opponent. The president’s lengthy rally—his first in the state in eight years—highlighted the party’s vulnerability in a region where Democrats have not won a Senate seat since the 1930s. With chants of "USA! USA!" drowning out the speech, the event underscored both the president’s continued influence and the high stakes of a contest in a state long considered a Republican stronghold. The turnout and timing suggest the race could serve as a bellwether for broader electoral trends.
The president came out in support of Senator Roger Marshall, who is facing an unexpectedly strong challenge from Democrat Adam HamiltonThe fact that Donald Trump was here at all said more about a looming electoral disaster facing his Republican party next month than anything contained in his dark and discursive 98-minute stump speech.On Monday, amid raucous chants of “USA! USA!”, the president held his first campaign rally in Kansas for eight years. No Democrat has won a US Senate seat in this ruby-red state since 1932, the year Herbert Hoover was president, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and the Nazis became the biggest party in the German Reichstag. Continue reading...
