President Trump on Wednesday outlined an aggressive late-cycle campaign strategy aimed at helping Republicans prevail in 35 pivotal midterm races as the party works to defend its congressional majorities this fall.
Speaking at a White House Rose Garden dinner attended by GOP lawmakers and administration officials, Trump said he plans to begin traveling in October — roughly one month before the high-stakes Nov. 3 elections — while also holding a series of tele-rallies designed to energize Republican voters and boost candidates in competitive contests.
“I’m going to take the final 30 days, maybe a little bit more than that, because it’s all about 35 races,” Trump told the gathering. “I’m going to go to every one of those 35 places, and we’re going to see if we can get everyone elected.”
Trump did not identify the specific races he intends to target, though 35 Senate seats are on the ballot in November. He asked Republican leaders in attendance, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), to flag candidates who are “either tied,” narrowly ahead or trailing by a small margin.
“In some cases, you can be losing by a lot, and we’ll bring you over the line,” Trump said. “But mostly, it’s if you’re close — and we’ll get, I think, we’ll get all those people elected.”
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The president also teased a flurry of “tele-townhalls,” as many as 10-per-night, in the run-up to the midterms.
“They’re fantastic. They work amazingly,” he said.
Trump specifically pledged to campaign in Alaska, for incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan, and in Texas, for Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is locked in a tight Senate race with Democrat James Talarico.
Trump compared the potentially brutal schedule to the final 120 days of his 2024 presidential campaign, during which he claims he swore-off playing golf.
“Four months out I said, ‘OK, no days off.’ If I didn’t make 4-5 speeches a day it was very bad. I just went around and really campaigned hard,” he recalled.
“For 4 months, there will be no pleasure. I’m not gonna go play golf. … All I’m gonna do is work, work, work, fight, fight, fight, win, win, win … and I did.”