Trump declares war on the midterms
Donald Trump just stood before the nation and made his case for war on the November midterms. He telegraphed this punch for months, and tonight he threw it — cluttered, radical, untruthful, but deadly serious. This is not a summer to check out. The soul of American democracy is on the line.
Donald Trump has been telegraphing this punch for months, and now it's landed. In a prime-time address to the nation, the president…
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